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Adam Eerish Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

What preposition should I use?

I'm not 100% sure whether I need to use a preposition, but I think I may in the following text in brackets.

(I was just busy making dinner.)

Busy is an adjective. Making is a verb. Can I use a verb after an adjective, or would it be correct to type "with" before making?
  

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) The sentence is correct. It is a combination of these two. " I was making dinner.

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  • ) The sentence is correct.
  • It is a combination of these two.
  • " I was making dinner.
  • I was busy.
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Adam Eerish(I was just busy making dinner.)
The sentence is correct. It is a combination of these two. Some grammarians would say that "making dinner" is a modifier, as is "busy." Clearly in the first sentence below, it would be the past progressive form of the verb "make."

I was making dinner.
I was busy.
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Adam EerishBusy is an adjective. Making is a verb. Can I use a verb after an adjective
After this adjective you can. Busy is one of the few adjectives that take gerund-participial complements. Another one is worth (This is not worth arguing about).
Adam Eerishor would it be correct to type "with" before making?
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