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Exodus74 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

How should I say more native correctly

We are addicted to work regularly, week in week out, year after year. Or we are addicted to working regulary.
  

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"addicted to" must be followed by a noun, so it should be "working". You can say "addicted to work", where "work" is a noun, but not "addicted to work regularly, week in ... ", because the adverbial parts force "work" to be a verb (at least in the interpretation relevant here).

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  • "addicted to" must be followed by a noun, so it should be "working".
  • You can say "addicted to work", where "work" is a noun, but not "addicted to work regularly, week in ...
  • ", because the adverbial parts force "work" to be a verb (at least in the interpretation relevant here).
  • It is by no means wrong to use "addicted" in your sentence, but make sure that "addicted" is actually what you mean, and that you don't mean something milder such as "accustomed" or "habituated".
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"addicted to" must be followed by a noun, so it should be "working". You can say "addicted to work", where "work" is a noun, but not "addicted to work regularly, week in ... etc.", because the adverbial parts force "work" to be a verb (at least in the interpretation relevant here).

It is by no means wrong to use "addicted" in your sentence, but make sure that "addicted" is actually what y
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