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Vincent Teo

#536903 Sat, 05 Jul 08 08:14 AM

Can I say,

Two boys are brawling now.

The two judges are brawling (to) each other now.

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MrPedantic

#536946 Sat, 05 Jul 08 11:52 AM

Hello Vincent,

The first sentence is fine; though I doubt whether you would ever see or hear it.

The two judges would be brawling with each other or having a brawl ("each other" is then implicit).

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MrP

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Marius Hancu

#536951 Sat, 05 Jul 08 12:12 PM

are having a brawl

are (being) involved in a brawl

are much more frequent than the expression in the original 1st sentence

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