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Mieszko Powroznik Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is "take care for" correct?

Hi,

I only want to know if "take care" can be used with "for"?
  

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" Taking care for something, in this sense, sounds wrong to me. It is possible to "take care for someone" if it means "take care (of oneself) for (the sake of) someone". The sequence of words "take care for" can also be used in other ways -- for example, in "I need to take care for a few weeks" -- but I don't imagine this is what you had in mind.

— Mr Wordy

  • " Taking care for something, in this sense, sounds wrong to me.
  • It is possible to "take care for someone" if it means "take care (of oneself) for (the sake of) someone".
  • The sequence of words "take care for" can also be used in other ways -- for example, in "I need to take care for a few weeks" -- but I don't imagine this is what you had in mind.
  • However, there seem to be a lot of Google hits, including Google book hits, for "take care for" in the first sense, so it would be interesting to hear what others say about this.
  • I'm wondering if it might be another BrE/AmE difference.
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In my usage, and when "take care" means "look after", you take care of someone/something: "I always take care of my belongings." Taking care for something, in this sense, sounds wrong to me.

It is possible to "take care for someone" if it means "take care (of oneself) for (the sake of) someone". The sequence of words "take care for" can also be used in other ways -- for ex
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