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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

I have been a bit absent this weekend.

Dear all,

Could you please tell me which of the following sentences is correct?

1) I have been a bit absent this weekend.

2) I have been absent quite a bit this weekend.

  

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cat navy 425 1) I have been a bit absent this weekend. I took this to be a rather odd way of saying that you have been somewhat preoccupied. cat navy 425 2) I have been absent quite a bit this weekend.

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  • cat navy 425 1) I have been a bit absent this weekend.
  • I took this to be a rather odd way of saying that you have been somewhat preoccupied.
  • cat navy 425 2) I have been absent quite a bit this weekend.
  • This means that you have not been where people might have expected you to be more often than usual.
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cat navy 4251) I have been a bit absent this weekend.

I took this to be a rather odd way of saying that you have been somewhat preoccupied.

cat navy 4252) I have been absent quite a bit this weekend.

This means that you have not been where people might have expected you to be more often than usual.

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