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Dido Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

TAKE A LIKEN

0Hi! Is it correct to write: 01i00He took a liken to anarchism02i00? or should I write 01i00He took a liking to anarchism02i00? Thanks0-
  

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0 Hi Dido, I checked several resources, liken was just a verb in all of them. So, maybe: He's usually linkened to an anarchist. 0-

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  • 0 Hi Dido, I checked several resources, liken was just a verb in all of them.
  • So, maybe: He's usually linkened to an anarchist.
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0 Hi Dido, I checked several resources, liken was just a verb in all of them. So, maybe: He's usually linkened to an anarchist. 0-
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0 "He took a liking to ..." is grammatically correct. 0-
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0Hello Dido02br
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00As a supplement to the previous replies:02br
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00You say 'take a liking to' something or somebody when the state of 'liking' begins.02br
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00You 'have a liking for' something when the state of 'liking' is established.02br
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0 Thanks to you all, Mr P your answers are very clarifying. By the way, Is the expression 01i00To take a liken 02i00archaic? 0-
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0 Sorry, I've been logged in as anonymous! I repeat, thanks to you all. Could you also tell me if the expression Take a liken is archaic? 0-
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0Hello Dido02br
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00'To liken' means 'to compare', whereas the 'liking' in your phrase means 'the feeling of being pleased by'. Also, 'to take' takes a noun, so would require a gerund (ING form); whereas 'liken' is an infinitive form. So I would be very surprised if it were an archaic form!02br
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00Then again, I am often surprised on this forum!02
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0 If the phrase had originally been heard, and not read, one could translate that hearing into writing it as vernacular speech: "He took a likin' to anarchism." 0-
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