Vincent Teo  +  395529 Mon, 23 Jul 07 11:55 AM Can I say, (A) The city is not busy. (b) The traffic is not busy. Vincent Teo Joined on Sat, Mar 31 2007 Veteran Member 5,660

	Grammar Geek  +  395643 Mon, 23 Jul 07 02:55 PM "The traffic is not busy" sounds okay to me, but not "The city is not busy." This seems idiomatic. You can have a sleepy town (not much going on) or a bustling city (a lot of activity), but that refers to the overall character, not the activity at that moment. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	CalifJim  +  395787 Mon, 23 Jul 07 07:54 PM a)   There's not much activity in the city. There's not much going on in the city. The city is quiet. It's quiet in the city. b) Traffic is not very heavy. Traffic is light. There's not much traffic. There's hardly any traffic. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,399 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche