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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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heavy-burdened students

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00Does heavy-burdened students sound right? Could I say heavy-duty students? Thanks.0-
  

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0 No, you should say "heav01b 00ily02b 00 burdened students". e. q=heavy-duty&r=66

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  • 0 No, you should say "heav01b 00ily02b 00 burdened students".
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0 No, you should say "heav01b00ily02b00 burdened students". (i.e. use an adverb and no hyphen)02br
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00The word 'heavy-duty' doesn't really make sense in the sentence and also doesn't have the same meaning.02br
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0You could use the expression 'heavy duty students' ironically but this would mean that the students were very hard work from a teacher's point of view.02br
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