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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Ceremony

So why isn't he coming to the wedding?

"he's really busy recently huh?" Or

"he's been really busy recently huh?"

Are both answers native or useable?
  

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What do you mean by 'huh'? Are those questions?
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Mister MicawberWhat do you mean by 'huh'? Are those questions?
Just an expression to make it sound like it's a question.
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Then neither seems a reasonable response to the initial question ('So why isn't he coming to the wedding?').
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It's just in casual conversation:

Just a phrase thrown out during conversation:

He's been really busy recently(that's why he's not coming to the wedding)?

or

He's really busy recently(that's why he's can't come to the wedding)?

What about these?
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Both will be OK, then. The first is better formal grammar, as 'recently' usually attaches itself to the present perfect.
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Has he been really busy recently? - Can this be used too?

Thanks MM!
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Has he been really busy recently? -- The sentence is fine, PJ, but I can't say whether it can be used where you want to use it, since that is still unclear.
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Grandpa says: Harry's not coming to Jamal's wedding.

I say: He's been really busy recently? Or

He is really busy recently? Or

Has he been really busy recently?

and can I add "huh" during conversation to emphasis the question for the first two?

Thanks again.
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OK. Now I can see what's going on.

Grandpa says: Harry's not coming to Jamal's wedding.

I say: He's been really busy recently? Has he been really busy recently?-- These are the same. The first, though a traditional affirmative statement structure, is rapidly becoming an accepted interrogative form.


He is really busy recently?-- Very casual,
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