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Musicgold Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Advantage of….

Hi,



The following sentence #1 is from a native speaker. I suggested that there should be ‘the’ before ‘advantage’; however he thinks that no ‘the’ is required. I am not sure why he thinks so.





1. They have taken advantage of buoyant capital markets over the past two year.



2. They have taken the advantage of buoyant capital markets over the past two year.



Thanks,



MG
  

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to take advantage of (something) is a fixed idiom. ) It means "to profit from (something)" -- not necessarily financially -- or "to make use of an opportunity to do (something) which results in some benefit for oneself". We take advantage of a sale to buy things at a lower price, for example.

— CalifJim

  • to take advantage of (something) is a fixed idiom.
  • ) It means "to profit from (something)" -- not necessarily financially -- or "to make use of an opportunity to do (something) which results in some benefit for oneself".
  • We take advantage of a sale to buy things at a lower price, for example.
  • CJ
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to take advantage of (something) is a fixed idiom. (No "the".)

It means "to profit from (something)" -- not necessarily financially -- or "to make use of an opportunity to do (something) which results in some benefit for oneself".

We take advantage of a sale to buy things at a lower price, for example.

CJ
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