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Have a seat or Take a seat? #16 (permalink) Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:47 am   Have a seat or Take a seat?
 

Good morning to all....

no worries Beesneees, I am glad if somebody tell me what I say or write wrong... only so I can improve my skills.

For me... I will try to use more "Have a seat", it sounds just strange, but no matter.

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Have a seat or Take a seat? #17 (permalink) Wed Jun 02, 2010 20:32 pm   Have a seat or Take a seat?
 

Hi Teachercatch,
You're welcome to this forum.
Teachercatch wrote:
You can use both, but you will use HAVE A SEAT
hope it helps
???
Teachercatch wrote:
have a seat: it is the polite way to offer somebody to be seated
Take a seat: It is more direct and less friendly
I believe that it depends on your intonation as Beeesneees said. Can you prove your point? I'm a learner too if you prove it I'll believe you.

Hi Andy,
Beeesneees is our teacher and a native speaker. You don't have to believe everyone's words. You should investigate whether he/she is right or not.
Best of luck.
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Have a seat or Take a seat? #18 (permalink) Sun Jul 04, 2010 12:30 pm   Have a seat or Take a seat?
 

"Take a seat," at least in America, is used in more formal situations and when you are usually the one in charge of the person you're talking to. It's more directly telling someone to take a seat, whereas "have a seat" is more implying that you're offering it to them in a more friendly way. I'd almost never say "take a seat" to a friend; I'd say "have a seat" instead.

In the UK there may be no difference between the phrases, so it depends on which you'd like to learn.
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