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[hereinbeijing]

Do we say someone "came somewhere on/for business" and do we say someone "came somewhere on/for pleasure'. Are all four of the following sentences grammatically correct?
1. I came here on business.
2. I came here for business.
3. I came here for pleasure.
4. I came here on pleasure.

[markholmes]

Number four would not be correct in my country. The other three look OK.

[iweber]

I came here on business. I came here for pleasure.

[steve_c]

I agree with markholmes. In the U.S., numbers 1,2, and 3 are correct.

Doing a Google search on these exact phrases brought up: 498,000 hits (#1); 706,000 hits (#2); 292,000 hits (#3); however, only 4 hits for #4, two of which were this very question.