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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

catch on VS be caught on

The idea of sending short text messages on a cell phone has been fast to ___________.

A catch on B be caught on

Both correct?

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Only A. An idea, habit, practice, or fad catches on. ) In this figurative sense as a phrasal verb, catch on is intransitive, so it can't have a passive form.

— CalifJim

  • Only A.
  • An idea, habit, practice, or fad catches on.
  • ) In this figurative sense as a phrasal verb, catch on is intransitive, so it can't have a passive form.
  • CJ
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Only A.

An idea, habit, practice, or fad catches on. (It is not caught on.)

In this figurative sense as a phrasal verb, catch on is intransitive, so it can't have a passive form.

CJ
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Thank you, CJ! I would learn it by heart.Emotion: rolleyes
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