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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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0Josh is a good student except his 01u00being preoccupied02u00/01b00obsession02b00/01u00preoccupation02u00 with video games.02br
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00I'd like to know if I could put 01u00his being preoccupied02u00, 01u00his obsession02u00, and 01u00his preoccupation02u00 here, and make little differences in meanings. Thanks.0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 01font 00I'd like to know if I could put 01u 00his being preoccupied02u 00, 01u 00his obsession02u 00, and 01u 00his preoccupation02u 00 here, and make little differences in meanings. 02font 00Yes. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I'd like to know if I could put 01u 00his being preoccupied02u 00, 01u 00his obsession02u 00, and 01u 00his preoccupation02u 00 here, and make little differences in meanings.
  • 02font 00Yes.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Josh is a good student except01font00 for02font00 his 01u00being preoccupied02u00/01b00obsession02b00/01u00preoccupation02u00 with video games.02font02br
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00From my angle, the context of this sentence can take ultimately either one of the 3, however each has a different degrees of obsession. 02br
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00The following sentences have different construction and contexts, which dictate which one to use and each has slightly different meanings.02br
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001)00 00His grades have be
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0 Thanks, Clive and Goodman, for your helpful comments. 0-
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