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Flanders1
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Why isn't "This business was started by them' correct? Business is one of the options given, and makes a much better-sounding sentence in English. Any suggestions appreciated.
Why? because /pekerjaan/ doesn't mean 'business'. It means 'job', 'work', or 'occupation'. If one wanted to say 'business' more specifically, one would use the loan-word /bisnis/ or /perusahan/ if you're talking about the group entity that does the business or /usaha/ if you are referring to the specific primary activity of the business itself in the abstract.
volumniax
2357
Again, outside of something like narrating a film or technical instructions, this sentence would work better with was rather than is.