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Thom Keen Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Difference between eat and take
I was talking to a French girl who is almost fluent in English, and she used the phrase 'take breakfast' which isn't quite right- it should be eat or have. But there are some occasions where you should say take, for example:
do you take tea
take your medicine
do you take sugar (in a drink)
Does anybody know of a rule or a way to define when you should use which verb, or if not a list of each action with the correct verb associated with it?
Thank you
do you take tea
take your medicine
do you take sugar (in a drink)
Does anybody know of a rule or a way to define when you should use which verb, or if not a list of each action with the correct verb associated with it?
Thank you
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Thom Keen Does anybody know of a rule or a way to define when you should use which verb, No, they collocate individually and historically for the most part. Thom Keen if not a list of each action with the correct verb associated with it? There is no such comprehensive list, but some idiom / phrasal verb textbooks group them by verb.
- Thom Keen Does anybody know of a rule or a way to define when you should use which verb, No, they collocate individually and historically for the most part.
- Thom Keen if not a list of each action with the correct verb associated with it?
- There is no such comprehensive list, but some idiom / phrasal verb textbooks group them by verb.
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Thom KeenDoes anybody know of a rule or a way to define when you should use which verb,No, they collocate individually and historically for the most part.
Thom Keen if not a list of each action with the correct verb associated with it?There is no such comprehensive list, but some idiom / phrasal verb textbooks group them b
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