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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

to get a seat/ to take a seat

I got off home early in the morning to get a seat on the first bench in the class.

Can I replace here the phrase "to get a seat" with "to take a seat"?

Please help me.
  

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Not with quite the same meaning. Also - I left home early in the morning, not I got off home early in the morning... to get a seat - the first bench is popular so I had to get their early to be sure of getting a seat on it.

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  • Not with quite the same meaning.
  • Also - I left home early in the morning, not I got off home early in the morning...
  • to get a seat - the first bench is popular so I had to get their early to be sure of getting a seat on it.
  • If I wasn't early, the bench would be full.
  • That's the reason I left home early.
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Not with quite the same meaning.

Also - I left home early in the morning, not I got off home early in the morning...

to get a seat - the first bench is popular so I had to get their early to be sure of getting a seat on it. If I wasn't early, the bench would be full. That's the reason I left home early. You could say to get a seat = to win a seat.

to take a seat - this d
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