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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

on or of

Are both 'on and of' possible in these sentences or not?

I have been spending a lot of time on/for my project.
A lot of my time has been going on/for my project.
  

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I find only 'on' natural.

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  • I find only 'on' natural.
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I find only 'on' natural.
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fivejedjon find only 'on' natural.
Thanks. Do you also think that only 'on' is natural for the second sentence as well?
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A lot of my time has been going on my project.
Hi 5jj

Is this sentence natural?

Tom
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Anonymous fivejedjon find only 'on' natural.Thanks. Do you also think that only 'on' is natural for the second sentence as well?
Yes
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Mr. Tom A lot of my time has been going on my project.Hi 5jjIs this sentence natural?Tom
It's OK.
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fivejedjon Mr. Tom A lot of my time has been going on my project.Hi 5jjIs this sentence natural?TomIt's OK.
Thanks, 5jj.

I must confess that as a non-native speaker of English, I would have corrected it like this:

A lot of time has been spent on this project.

Tom
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