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0 Which is correct - touching base or touching bases? Sentence example: I wanted to touch base(s) with you regarding our progress on the recent search assignment. 0-
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0 Touch base/bases with ~ =contact with ~ 02 br 02 br 00 [url=" 05 0 00 "] The American Heritage Dictionary [/url] suggests either one is OK. But actually people seem to prefer "touch base" to "touch bases". Google gives 48,600 hits for "to touch base with" and only 722 for "to touch bases with".
- 0 Touch base/bases with ~ =contact with ~ 02 br 02 br 00 [url=" 05 0 00 "] The American Heritage Dictionary [/url] suggests either one is OK.
- But actually people seem to prefer "touch base" to "touch bases".
- Google gives 48,600 hits for "to touch base with" and only 722 for "to touch bases with".
- It comes from baseball games where a runner should touch each base to score a run.
- So it is an idiom of American origin, but it is likely nowadays some of British people use it.
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0 Touch base/bases with ~ =contact with ~ 02 br
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00 [url=" 05 0 00 "] The American Heritage Dictionary [/url] suggests either one is OK. But actually people seem to prefer "touch base" to "touch bases". Google gives 48,600 hits for "to touch base with" and only 722 for "to touch bases with". It comes from baseball games where a runner should touch each base to score a ru
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00 [url=" 05 0 00 "] The American Heritage Dictionary [/url] suggests either one is OK. But actually people seem to prefer "touch base" to "touch bases". Google gives 48,600 hits for "to touch base with" and only 722 for "to touch bases with". It comes from baseball games where a runner should touch each base to score a ru
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