Friday, September 22, 2017

word usage - Does the verb 'to busy' require a reflexive pronoun?




It busied me for hours.



When 'busy' is used as a verb, does it always need reflexive pronouns? In the above sentence, I haven't used the reflexive pronoun.


I am asking because in Merriam-Webster I found the following example of usage



the video game busied the child for hours





No comments:

Post a Comment

Simple past, Present perfect Past perfect

Can you tell me which form of the following sentences is the correct one please? Imagine two friends discussing the gym... I was in a good s...