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"Take a hiatus"
What the group's opinion of the phrase "take a hiatus" is? My usage of it was questioned the other day, and though I can find plenty of examples on the web, I don't have any real evidence for or against the appropriateness of it. Not that I want to start a debate about how many of which people must commonly use a phrase to make it acceptable. Just surveying for opionions
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Brennen McKenzie, MA, VMD
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Brennen McKenzie, MA, VMD
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[nq:1]What the group's opinion of the phrase "take a hiatus" is? My usage of it was questioned the other day, ... debate about how many of which people must commonly use a phrase to make it acceptable.
- [nq:1]What the group's opinion of the phrase "take a hiatus" is?
- My usage of it was questioned the other day, ...
- debate about how many of which people must commonly use a phrase to make it acceptable.
- Just surveying for opionions[/nq] In the US, at least, this is a common phrase with the meaning "take a break" (of a duration as indicated by context).
- I suppose it stretches the basic definition of "hiatus," but by now it's a dead metaphor if it ever was a metaphor to begin with.
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[nq:1]What the group's opinion of the phrase "take a hiatus" is? My usage of it was questioned the other day, ... debate about how many of which people must commonly use a phrase to make it acceptable. Just surveying for opionions[/nq]
In the US, at least, this is a common phrase with the meaning "take a break" (of a duration as indicated by context). I suppose it stretches the basic definitio
In the US, at least, this is a common phrase with the meaning "take a break" (of a duration as indicated by context). I suppose it stretches the basic definitio
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[nq:1]What the group's opinion of the phrase "take a hiatus" is? My usage of it was questioned the other day, ... debate about how many of which people must commonly use a phrase to make it acceptable. Just surveying for opionions[/nq]
It's not an idiom that I recognise. COD10's definition (other than the grammatical one) is 'a pause or gap in continuity'. By that, I imagine some sort of proce
It's not an idiom that I recognise. COD10's definition (other than the grammatical one) is 'a pause or gap in continuity'. By that, I imagine some sort of proce
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[nq:2]What the group's opinion of the phrase "take a hiatus" ... a phrase to make it acceptable. Just surveying for opionions[/nq]
[nq:1]In the US, at least, this is a common phrase with the meaning "take a break" (of a duration as ... of non-existent ones. (Now watch for a half-dozen postings telling you what a grotesque, misbegotten thing "take a hiatus" is.[/nq]
(1 of 6) I have no quarr
[nq:1]In the US, at least, this is a common phrase with the meaning "take a break" (of a duration as ... of non-existent ones. (Now watch for a half-dozen postings telling you what a grotesque, misbegotten thing "take a hiatus" is.[/nq]
(1 of 6) I have no quarr
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[nq:1](1 of 6) I have no quarrel with "take a hiatus", but I do see and hear "go on hiatus" more often.[/nq]
Or, "is on hiatus". I don't see the need for justifying the context in this instance.
Joanne
Or, "is on hiatus". I don't see the need for justifying the context in this instance.
Joanne
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[nq:2]What the group's opinion of the phrase "take a hiatus" ... a phrase to make it acceptable. Just surveying for opionions[/nq]
[nq:1]It's not an idiom that I recognise. COD10's definition (other than the grammatical one) is 'a pause or gap in ... glitch than a planned event - something that just happens rather than something that is deliberately taken. Just my opinion.[/nq]
I agree wit
[nq:1]It's not an idiom that I recognise. COD10's definition (other than the grammatical one) is 'a pause or gap in ... glitch than a planned event - something that just happens rather than something that is deliberately taken. Just my opinion.[/nq]
I agree wit
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