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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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I need to touch basses with you

when saying that I need to touch basses with you is that the correct way to say it
  

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It's "I need to touch base with you". I think "touch base s " is sometimes used, but it doesn't feel quite right to me. The expression is said to originate in baseball.

— Mr Wordy

  • It's "I need to touch base with you".
  • I think "touch base s " is sometimes used, but it doesn't feel quite right to me.
  • The expression is said to originate in baseball.
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It's "I need to touch base with you".

I think "touch bases" is sometimes used, but it doesn't feel quite right to me.

The expression is said to originate in baseball.
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Mr WordyIt's "I need to touch base with you".
I agree. In AmE, it's singular.

I look at it as a kind of reset process, perhaps like a handshake, or computer handshake. We're in the same game, playing by the same rules.
(tagging up after a fly ball, touching the bases on your way around them, touching the base to put the ru
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