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Business Journey?
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douglas
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Business Journey?
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Hi All, Yesterday I corrected a student and told him that, though not incorrect, it is not common to say "business journey". It is more common to say "business trip". After thinking about it, I got to wondering if it wasn �t a BrE AmE thing. So here is my question: Is "business journey" commonly used in any part of the English speaking world? Cheers, Douglas |
23 Nov 2017
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cunliffe
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Not here (the UK). I agree, it �s not wrong, but we say business trip. |
23 Nov 2017
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spinney
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I always say that, generally speaking, trip is shorter than journey. I then always point out that we use trip for activities that are the reasons for travelling; e.g shopping/fishing/school/business trip. I then tell them that we use journey to collocate with terrestrial transport, e.g. bus/train/car/coach journey. I then use the examples bus trip and bus journey to illustrate this further. i.e. bus trip = travelling by bus to do a series of activities (tourism, educational etc.) bus journey = travelling by bus As far as I know, that �s about it. The Cambridge collocation books say pretty much the same thing.
I would be tempted to correct business journey although I suspect for some kind of trade mission (longer and protracted) it shouldn�t matter too much. Generally though, I wouldn�t call that a "normal" collocation. Mind you, with business English, considerable liberty in usage seems to be the norm.
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23 Nov 2017
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douglas
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Thanks you all, you confirmed my thoughts and suspicions. :)
 I decided to go with this line of thought (partially plagiarized):
�A trip is along the lines of something done for fun/leisure or business, it�s usually quicker and more routine than a journey.
A journey is more like the Lord of the Rings, it usually implies difficult moments, perseverance, and growth.�
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