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Kelly Tan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

I have taken breakfast/lunch/dinner

I have taken breakfast.
I have taken lunch.
I have taken dinner.

Do native speakers use 'taken' for meals? Thank you.
  

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No, at least not in American English. S. all of these would be "I have had .

— Khoff

  • No, at least not in American English.
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  • all of these would be "I have had .
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  • K.
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No, at least not in American English. In the U.S. all of these would be "I have had . . . " I don't know about the U.K.
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I remember hearing "I have eaten breakfast."

Is it correct to use 'eaten'? It sounds weird for me.
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khoffNo, at least not in American English. In the U.S. all of these would be "I have had . . . " I don't know about the U.K.
It's the same in BrE.
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Kelly TanIs it correct to use 'eaten'?
'Eat' is usually our second choice after 'have'.
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You are more likely to see taken dinner used in a book written a century or two ago than in a modern text.
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