Take offense at/to

Hi,
Both seem OK to me.
Clive

Thanks. Do you think they are interchangeable? Can you say both "he takes offense at/to people calling him late"? Thanks a lot.

Hi,
Do you think they are interchangeable?No. Depending on the sentence, one may sound better than the other.

Can you say both "he takes offense at/to people calling him late"? Not really,in my opinion. These examples sound OK to me.
"He takes offense to people calling him late"
"He takes offense at people who call him late"

Other people may offer you different opini

I think that Clive is perfectly right.

unfortunately. clive is incorrect. the correct phrase is take offense at. take offense to is a deviation that chills grammarians to the bone.