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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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busy doing / with

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) They are busy doing / to do their woek.02br
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00(b) They are busy with their works.0-
  

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0 (a) I can't say I like this formulation. It doesn't feel natural. 0-

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  • 0 (a) I can't say I like this formulation.
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0 (a) I can't say I like this formulation. It doesn't feel natural. Although if you must use it say "doing their work"02br
00(b) "They are busy with their work." There are specific contexts where you could use "works" but they are rather unusual.0-
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0If you say (a) and (b) are unusual, so, how do I correct them? 0-
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10(a) They are busy doing / to do their woek.12br
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10(b) They are busy with their works.12br
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10Sorry I wasn't clear.02br
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00(b) is fine as "They are busy with their work." I just meant that in some unusual contexts you could use "wo
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