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Chingy Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Survey for verb phrases 'take air' and 'take the air'
Recently I came across these two phrases --- 'to take air' and 'to take the air' --- in a book authored by an English professor in Mainland China
I've gone through Google and numbers of English-English dictionaries to look them up, only to get the meaning of the former --- to go for a walk.
(See http://www.thefreedictionary.com/take+the+air )
Below is the survey. There are 5 responses at the bottom; you may choose ONLY one of them.
Q: Which of the following verb phrases do you think is correct?
1. to take air
=>If a piece of info takes air, it becomes known to people.
EX: Since the official's love affairs has taken air, there's no use trying to cover it up.
2. to tak the air
=> to take fresh air
EX: Getting up, he walked out of his house to take the air
Response
1. The former is correct
2. The latter is correct
3. Both are correct
4. Neither are correct
5. I don't know
I've gone through Google and numbers of English-English dictionaries to look them up, only to get the meaning of the former --- to go for a walk.
(See http://www.thefreedictionary.com/take+the+air )
Below is the survey. There are 5 responses at the bottom; you may choose ONLY one of them.
Q: Which of the following verb phrases do you think is correct?
1. to take air
=>If a piece of info takes air, it becomes known to people.
EX: Since the official's love affairs has taken air, there's no use trying to cover it up.
2. to tak the air
=> to take fresh air
EX: Getting up, he walked out of his house to take the air
Response
1. The former is correct
2. The latter is correct
3. Both are correct
4. Neither are correct
5. I don't know
Top answer
#6. We do not bow easily to demands here, either, Chingy. And smoking is bad for your health.
- #6.
- We do not bow easily to demands here, either, Chingy.
- And smoking is bad for your health.
- An avatar of a smoking person is a bad image to present (you know where I mean).
- Some of our members are quite young and impressionable.
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5 Answers
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#6. We do not bow easily to demands here, either, Chingy. And smoking is bad for your health. An avatar of a smoking person is a bad image to present (you know where I mean). Some of our members are quite young and impressionable.
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I'm afraid you've got me wrong about my profile picture. The person in the pic is a famous Hong Kong comdian Steven Chou. (See http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159507/ )
Anyway, I'm about to change th
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Your question is not survey material. It is a simple language question.
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I have never seen "to take air" to mean "become public."
I would say "get some air" not "take some air."
What I believe Mr. M is hinting at is saying "I would appreciate your help" or "Could you please" instead of ordering us to complete your survey would be a more polite approach.
I would say "get some air" not "take some air."
What I believe Mr. M is hinting at is saying "I would appreciate your help" or "Could you please" instead of ordering us to complete your survey would be a more polite approach.
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The only idiom with "take" and "air" that I know is:
Take to the air= take flight, take off.
Take to the air= take flight, take off.
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