ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)Re: be busyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/BeBusy/cbzxm/post.htm#173650Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:51:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:173650Danyoo0http://www.englishforums.com/English/BeBusy/cbzxm/post.htm#173650http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-173650.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>Green89 wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4"> <P>Is there any difference between these 2 setence:</P> <P>They are busy<U> learning</U> english.<BR><FONT color=#0000ff>Means they are because they are studying hard to learn English.</FONT></P> <P>They are <FONT color=#0000ff>too</FONT> busy<U> to learn</U> english<BR><FONT color=#0000ff>Your original sentence doesn't make sense.&nbsp; But if you insert 'too' as in above, it will mean that they are too busy doing other things to afford time to learn English.</FONT></P> <P>whichn is more likely?</P> <P>thanks in advance</P></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: be busyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/BeBusy/cbzjz/post.htm#173558Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:31:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:173558Forbes1http://www.englishforums.com/English/BeBusy/cbzjz/post.htm#173558http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-173558.xml<P>Definitely the first.</P> <P>The second does not sound right at all.</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>be busyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/BeBusy/cbzwq/post.htmFri, 23 Dec 2005 16:18:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:173552Green892http://www.englishforums.com/English/BeBusy/cbzwq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-173552.xml<P>Is there any difference between these 2 setence:</P> <P>They are busy<U> learning</U> english.</P> <P>They are busy<U> to learn</U> english</P> <P>whichn is more likely?</P> <P>thanks in advance</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>