Q: Are you employed?
A1: I am doing business.
A2: I am doing a business.
Please indicate which answer is correct?
Thanks.
I am in business.
or
I am running a business.
or
I run a business.
or
I am a businessman.
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James: Do you work?
Mona: Yes, I do. I work for the government. And you? Are you employed?
James: Actually, I’m self-employed.
Mona: How interesting. Do I know the name of your company?
James: Probably not. I run a one-man accounting firm named TAX BUDDY.
[quote=“James M”]
And you? Are you employed?
[color=blue]I would write it as ‘And you, are you employed?’
Hi James,
I’d agree with you that two sentences (a longer pause) is far more natural than one sentence there, and would write it the way you have. Otherwise it might as well be written, “And are you employed?”
Thank you, Canadian and Beeesneees.
Beeesneees,
Many Indians say : “I am doing business” when someone asks “What are you doing?”
Is it wrong to say “I am doing business”?
Please confirm.
Thanks.
[color=blue]But “And you?” is not a grammatical sentence , and as we are writing it here we are obliged to use a grammatical sentence.
I realize that that may be a spoken conversation, but again we are writing here.
Look at the way the whole thing has been set out as an exchange of remarks between two people. It’s very obviously a conversation.
Even if it weren’t, once again your pedantry stops you from making natural and acceptable choices.
How else do you expect James to communicate dialogue (imaginary or otherwise) on the forum without writing it down?
Beeesneees,
Please answer my query that I am repeating here below:
Many Indians say : “I am doing business” when someone asks “What are you doing?”
Is it wrong to say “I am doing business”?
Please confirm.
Thanks.
The question and response both seem to be wrong. The question should be
“What do you do (for a living)?”
The possible answers are in post #2.
Beeesneees,
- I am doing my B.A.
- I am undergoing training as a fitter.
Are these sentences fine?
Please comment.
Thanks.
[quote=“Beeesneees”]
Look at the way the whole thing has been set out as an exchange of remarks between two people. It’s very obviously a conversation.
Even if it weren’t, once again your pedantry stops you from making natural and acceptable choices. [color=blue]choices about what? As it is being written here, correct grammar and punctuation, something you clearly know very little about, is important for students to learn.
Yes, those are OK.