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I've been busy with work lately vs have been busy with work lately

Both phrases are correct, but the first one is a complete sentence. The second phrase is also correct but is missing the subject, or noun doing the action.
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I've been busy with work lately

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal conversations.

This phrase is a contraction of 'I have been busy with work lately' and is commonly used in spoken English to express recent busyness with work.
  • I've been working since last week. 私は先週から働いています。 - Weblio Email例 文集. I've been there before too. 私もそこに行ったことがあります。 - Weblio Email例 文集. I've been busy with work lately. 私は最近仕事が忙しいです。 - Weblio Email例  ...
  • Apr 15, 2015 ... I've been busy with work lately, struggling to find balance and having difficulty fitting people in. When I get busy, I internalise more and retreat into myself. I neglect those I should make time for and I don't get back to people as ...
  • Tags: Scripting · Ruby on Rails. 2007, March 31 - 4:40am — Webmaster Tips. I've been busy with work lately and haven't had time to write much. Here are some useful scripting links that have been sitting in my Firefox tabs for a week or so:.
  • Jun 16, 2015 ... Flag as abusive. Mattashi responds: Thank you TaintedLogic :) I should have spend some more time on this but I've been busy with work lately and really wanted to enter this contest so I composed something on my day off.

Alternatives:

  • I have been busy with work lately
  • I've been swamped with work recently
  • I've had a lot on my plate at work lately
  • I've been occupied with work recently
  • I've been tied up with work lately

have been busy with work lately

This phrase is correct but sounds a bit more formal compared to the first one.

This phrase is the full form of 'I've been busy with work lately' and can be used in more formal contexts or in written English.
  • Sep 2, 2015 ... Hey guys, As you made have notice I'm upload music Train Simulator and other videos on Youtube instead of my train videos of summer of 2015. Well I have been busy with work lately plus a surgery I had last month. But I did ...
  • I have been busy with work lately, and at the same time, I'm trying to cope with an emotional, personal problem. I've done some little, artsy things (on the photo, you can see the paper-cutting project that I'm working right now) to, at least, ...
  • Sorry, have been busy with work lately and not much time...but I have been working on the middle part and here is what I have so far. The one that I use was straight from ZMR250 that I had previously purchase on ebay and ...
  • Apr 12, 2012 ... Last weekend both of my boys had Friday off of school. I have been busy with work lately and MarocBaba has been weighed down with school but we wanted to do something fun for the boys. Let's face it we both needed a ...

Alternatives:

  • I have been busy with work lately
  • I have been swamped with work recently
  • I have had a lot on my plate at work lately
  • I have been occupied with work recently
  • I have been tied up with work lately

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