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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is this usage of 'take' common?

I had to take about 1.5 hours to walk to school.

"It took about 1.5 hours to walk to school" sounds right to me, but is it possible to take "somebody" as a subject when you use "take?"
  

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5 hours We don't say that. You might write such a number, but using decimal fractions all but eliminates the possibility of using 'about'. It took me about an hour and a half to walk to school.

— Mister Micawber

  • 5 hours We don't say that.
  • You might write such a number, but using decimal fractions all but eliminates the possibility of using 'about'.
  • It took me about an hour and a half to walk to school.
  • " Yes, but not with 'had to'—it sounds as if you were required to walk slowly.
  • I took about an hour and a half to walk to school.
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teacherJapan1.5 hours
We don't say that. You might write such a number, but using decimal fractions all but eliminates the possibility of using 'about'.

It took me about an hour and a half to walk to school.
teacherJapan is it possible to take "somebody" as a subject when you use "take?"
Yes, b
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Thank you very much for your detailed instruction.
Now I get the idea.
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