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Wangqh2696122 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is the sentence from an item of news wrong?

This sentence is from BBC news 2012-02-15. I feel "taking in" is improperly used; it is better to use "bringing up". Am I right?
President Obama and the man expected to be China's next leader, Xi Jinping, have had their first ever meeting, taking in contentious issues including trade and human rights.
http://www.24en.com/bbc-world-news/201202/2012-02-15/116462.html
  

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" Your sentence is typical of journalists, who are not very fussy about usage. They meant that the meeting took in (extended far enough in its scope to include) those topics, but they wrote that the men did.

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  • " Your sentence is typical of journalists, who are not very fussy about usage.
  • They meant that the meeting took in (extended far enough in its scope to include) those topics, but they wrote that the men did.
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The phrasal verb "to take in" means "to include", and it has a connotation of extent, as shown in the example at the http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/take-sth-in_2#take-sth-in_2__2: "The new town takes in three former villages." Your sentence is typical o
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What if we use "bringing up"?
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"Bringing up" is too casual for the context. "Addressing", "grappling with" or "discussing" would be more appropriate.
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