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got tied up with/in #1 (permalink) Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:35 am   got tied up with/in
 

hey could anyone please check the grammar of this sentence?
"got tied up in the routine or with the routine?" or was tied up int the routine?
which one is more suitable got/was in/with?
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got tied up with/in #2 (permalink) Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:25 pm   got tied up with/in
 

Where is the sentence you wish to put that phrase into, Faizaali? None sounds quite right as you have isolated them, although generally 'got' and 'was' can both be used (but with slightly different meanings).
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got tied up with/in #3 (permalink) Sat Apr 23, 2011 14:22 pm   got tied up with/in
 

i meant to ask "i got tied up with/in the routine" or "i was tied up with/in the routine"
WITH the routine or IN the routine? and which one sounds more appropriate..the one with was or the rest one?
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got tied up with/in #4 (permalink) Sat Apr 23, 2011 14:27 pm   got tied up with/in
 

Neither sounds quite right to me, Faizaali.

"I got caught up in the routine"? "I felt tied to / tied down by / tied down to the routine"?

Maybe yours sound right to another member.
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