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Kadioguy Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Engage in/ be engaged in

In the LDOCE6, it says:

engage in/on/upon

1. Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
2. The two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle.
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If I write these, do they mean the same?

1. Only 10% of American adults are engaged in regular exercise.
2. The two parties were engaged upon an escalating political struggle.

Thanks!

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Not exactly. They may be used colloquially to mean the roughly same thing though, so that's where the confusion may lie. kadioguy 1.

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  • Not exactly.
  • They may be used colloquially to mean the roughly same thing though, so that's where the confusion may lie.
  • kadioguy 1.
  • Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
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Not exactly. They may be used colloquially to mean the roughly same thing though, so that's where the confusion may lie.

kadioguy1. Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
kadioguy1. Only 10% of American adults are engaged in regular exercise.

The latter suggests 'at this very minute' whereas what

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