What are you doing here? [How to say it]

[emsr2d2]

If you use "holiday" instead of pleasure, which also implies pleasure, can you still stick with one preposition [STRIKE]on[/STRIKE] or do you have to say "Are you here for [STRIKE]presure[/STRIKE] pleasure or on holiday?"?

We wouldn't ask if someone was there "on holiday or for pleasure"! That suggests that a holiday isn't pleasurable. In "Are you here for business or pleasure?" is the same as saying "Are you here for business or for a holiday?"

 

[hhtt21]

We wouldn't ask if someone was there "on holiday or for pleasure"! That suggests that a holiday isn't pleasurable. In "Are you here for business or pleasure?" is the same as saying "Are you here for business or for a holiday?"

But isn't "on holiday" is a set phrase? If so, should it not be as "Are you here for business or on holiday?"? I am now confused by "on holiday" and "for a holiday".

 

[emsr2d2]

You can use "on holiday" or "for a holiday". In this context, they mean the same thing.