The water doesn&#x27;t evaporate, it is consumed in a chemical reaction. It&#x27;s a fundamentally different process, not an arbitrary linguistic rule. In fact, you have to be careful that the concrete <i>doesn&#x27;t</i> dry out during the curing process.<p>Also, cured concrete isn&#x27;t necessarily dry. For structures like bridge piers, concrete can, and often does, cure underwater.<p>That said, if x3n0ph3n3&#x27;s intent was to enlighten rather than score points, he could have explained this more clearly.