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MUSCOVITE Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Get down to work V set to work V set about to work
Hi,
I am having difficulty using these phrasal verbs.
Could somebody please help me (understand the nuances)?
(1) We need to complete all the previous assignments before we get down to the new job.
(2) We need to complete all the previous assignments before we get down to doing the new job.
Are (1) and (2) okay? Are they absolutely identical?
(3) My boss insists that I set about to this work immediately
(4) My boss insists that I set to this work immediately
(5) My boss insists that I immediately set about to doing this work
Which of (3) ...(5) are ok?
(6) We decided that we would take up this task/problem before the boss returned from his vacation
(7) We decided that we would attack this task/problem ...
Are (6) and (7) ok?
thank you!
muscovite
I am having difficulty using these phrasal verbs.
Could somebody please help me (understand the nuances)?
(1) We need to complete all the previous assignments before we get down to the new job.
(2) We need to complete all the previous assignments before we get down to doing the new job.
Are (1) and (2) okay? Are they absolutely identical?
(3) My boss insists that I set about to this work immediately
(4) My boss insists that I set to this work immediately
(5) My boss insists that I immediately set about to doing this work
Which of (3) ...(5) are ok?
(6) We decided that we would take up this task/problem before the boss returned from his vacation
(7) We decided that we would attack this task/problem ...
Are (6) and (7) ok?
thank you!
muscovite
Top answer
Are (1) and (2) okay? -- Yes. The first is stylistically neater.
- Are (1) and (2) okay?
- -- Yes.
- The first is stylistically neater.
- (3) My boss insists that I set about this work immediately (4) My boss insists that I set to this work immediately-- Possibly OK, but if so, dated.
- -- OK as amended.
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Are (1) and (2) okay? Are they absolutely identical?-- Yes. The first is stylistically neater.
(3) My boss insists that I set about this work immediately
(4) My boss insists that I set to this work immediately-- Possibly OK, but if so, dated.
(5) My boss insists that I immediately set about doing this work
Which of (3) ...(5) are ok?-- OK
(3) My boss insists that I set about this work immediately
(4) My boss insists that I set to this work immediately-- Possibly OK, but if so, dated.
(5) My boss insists that I immediately set about doing this work
Which of (3) ...(5) are ok?-- OK
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