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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

sentence meaning

What does ‘taking your time’ imply here?

“Thanks for 'taking your time' to help me”

Does it imply that I am thanking him for taking his time (in other words: thanks that I took your time), or for the person taking time out of his schedule?

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"taking one's time" means doing something at a slow or unhurried pace. It is not something that you typically thank someone for. Assuming it's not ironic, I think most likely it is an error for "Thanks for taking the time to help me", which would be thanking the other person for taking time out of his or her schedule.

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  • "taking one's time" means doing something at a slow or unhurried pace.
  • It is not something that you typically thank someone for.
  • Assuming it's not ironic, I think most likely it is an error for "Thanks for taking the time to help me", which would be thanking the other person for taking time out of his or her schedule.
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"taking one's time" means doing something at a slow or unhurried pace. It is not something that you typically thank someone for. Assuming it's not ironic, I think most likely it is an error for "Thanks for taking the time to help me", which would be thanking the other person for taking time out of his or her schedule.
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