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1. He is taken ill.
2. He has taken ill.

What's the difference between the two?
  

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"He is taken ill" would not really be used except as a stage direction in a play or as a kind of narration of what is happening in the moment. "He has taken ill," on the other hand, expresses what happened to him.

— Englishmaven

  • "He is taken ill" would not really be used except as a stage direction in a play or as a kind of narration of what is happening in the moment.
  • "He has taken ill," on the other hand, expresses what happened to him.
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"He is taken ill" would not really be used except as a stage direction in a play or as a kind of narration of what is happening in the moment.

"He has taken ill," on the other hand, expresses what happened to him.
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