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Musicgold Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

To bus

Hi,

Which of the following sentences are correct?

1. I think you can bus there

2. I think you can bus it there.

3. We had to bus there.

3. They will have to bus here.

Thanks,

MG.
  

Top answer

They are all correct and informal.

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  • They are all correct and informal.
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They are all correct and informal.
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I rarely disagree with Mr. M., but using "to bus" that way seems really strange to me. I would use it as a transitive verb (Students from across town are bussed to our school) but never as an intransitive verb. For your examples, i would say "You can get there by bus/get there on the bus/take the bus there."
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I agree that it usually occurs in the passive ('to be bussed'), but all I can say is my dictionary's got both:

–verb (used with object)
8.to convey
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Mr. M. -- you say "to be bussed," (as I would) but ex. # 10 says "bused." Oy! Typo, or new question?
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I'm with khoff on this. The dictionary can lead us all astray from actual common usage. I seem to remember "brunet" for male brown-haired people existing, but never in my life have I heard it used.

Get there by bus, travel by bus, etc, but not just the intransitive bus, if you want to sound natural.
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Mr. M. -- you say "to be bussed," (as I would) but ex. # 10 says "bused." Oy! Typo, or new question?
Huh? No, #10 is the point I'm making and the same form as the Musicgold posted.
The dictionary can lead us all astray from actual common usage.
Yes, it certainly can, but my original response was given without benefit of dictionary. They all rema
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"bussed" or "bused"?
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Ah! Oh... I'll bet both.

Just a minute...

Here's a range of US and British dictionaries:

verb, bused or bussed, bus·ing
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