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Yoong Liat
 
Reply Sun 19 Aug, 2007 05:35 pm
Is it correct to say "I was in deep thoughts"?

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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 19 Aug, 2007 05:48 pm
No, the way to say this is, "I was deep in thought."
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Sun 19 Aug, 2007 05:52 pm
Or "I was in deep thought."
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Mon 20 Aug, 2007 06:58 am
Old fashioned variation: "I was deep in a brown study."

I'm not sure why "brown", but idioms are idioms.
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