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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Fell on him


Is this sentence naturally worded?

Is “fall on” the correct verb?

Since my coworker was sick, the workload fell on me.

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anonymous Is this sentence naturally worded? Is “fall on” the correct verb? Since my coworker was sick, the workload fell on me.

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  • anonymous Is this sentence naturally worded?
  • Is “fall on” the correct verb?
  • Since my coworker was sick, the workload fell on me.
  • Thanks It's OK.
  • More often though, it's "it fell to me to" used like this: Since my coworker was sick, it fell to me to take over his workload.
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anonymous


Is this sentence naturally worded?

Is “fall on” the correct verb?

Since my coworker was sick, the workload fell on me.

Thanks

It's OK. More often though, it's "it fell to me to" used like this:

Since my coworker was sick, it fell to me to take over his workload.

That's a bit formal, and we are more

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Snce my coworker was sick, the workload fell on me. Is this sentence naturally worded?

Is“fall on” the correct verb? fell is a rather formal verb in this context. 'Fell to' is a more literary phrase.


A much common way to say this is

eg Since the guy I work with was sick, I had to do all of his work.

eg Since the guy I work with

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