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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

'take an action' and 'take action'

What is the difference between 'take an action' and 'take action'?

'Take an action' is acceptable and then when should I use 'take an action' or 'take action'?

Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

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Thank you so much as usual in advance. "take an action" doesn't even sound like English to me, but I think it may be used in legal contexts to mean "take legal action". , "do something").

  • Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  • "take an action" doesn't even sound like English to me, but I think it may be used in legal contexts to mean "take legal action".
  • , "do something").
  • We can't just let this situation continue; we must [take action / do something about it].
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Hans51What is the difference between 'take an action' and 'take action'?'Take an action' is acceptable and then when should I use 'take an action' or 'take action'?Thank you so much as usual in advance.
"take an action" doesn't even sound like English to me, but I think it may be used in legal contexts to mean "take legal action".

For all ordinary pur
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You can also "action" something. "Let's action this". Etc.

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