Could you help me ?

[liuchunsheng123456]

This sentence "The whole village has been working day and night ( )gathering and threshing thes year's crop before the September rains .
Is there a word omited here ?If have ,could you tell me what is it ?:D

[Temico]

This sentence "The whole village has been working day and night ( )gathering and threshing thes year's crop before the September rains .
Is there a word omitted here? If have there is ,could you tell me what it is?:D
"The whole village has been working day and night (in)gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains"

The "in" is optional and can be omitted because it will still understood in the sentence.

[Harmony]

Hello Liuchunsheng,

The word which is omitted (understood) is "at", not "in". It is correct to say "working at gathering and threshing". It is not correct to say "working in gathering and threshing".

The definition of "at" includes the following uses:

1. engaged or occupied in
2. in the activity or field of
3. used to show a state, condition, or continuous activity

References:
http://dictionary.reference.com
http://dictionary.cambridge.org
http://www.m-w.com/

Harmony :)


This sentence "The whole village has been working day and night ( )gathering and threshing thes year's crop before the September rains .
Is there a word omited here ?If have ,could you tell me what is it ?

[henz988]

Hi, Harmony:

"work at" and "work on" often exist in various tests, though it seems to be an elementary question,I hope you will explain to me their sentence patterns here.

Best regards