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'I asked myself...', not 'I asked me...'
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Apr 30, 2011 13:36 pm Have you taken food |
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sorry for typos.
He asked me, "Have you taken your food". (Direct speech)
He asked me if I had taken my food. (Indirect speech)
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Apr 30, 2011 15:16 pm Have you taken food |
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That's okay.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Apr 30, 2011 22:51 pm Have you taken food |
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| 'Take one's food'? Ummm, 'Bring one's food' sounds more natural and practical to me. I am curious in what situation we can actually ask 'take you food?' |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Apr 30, 2011 23:29 pm Have you taken food |
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Have you taken your food from the counter?
Have you taken your food from the selection on offer?
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Apr 30, 2011 23:36 pm Have you taken food |
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| Aha, I thought of that, :) and actually such could be the 'only' applications. But I also imagined in those cases he need not ask such questions because he can see it and they are supposed to eat together! (She can hardly hide the food) :) |
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| #8 (permalink) Sun May 01, 2011 2:22 am Have you taken food |
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In India, I found many people saying,
"Have you taken your food?" instead of asking,
"Did you eat your food?"
Is it wrong? |
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| #9 (permalink) Sun May 01, 2011 10:02 am Have you taken food |
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| James wrote: |
| Aha, I thought of that, :) and actually such could be the 'only' applications. But I also imagined in those cases he need not ask such questions because he can see it and they are supposed to eat together! (She can hardly hide the food) :) |
She can eat it before he got there though!
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| #10 (permalink) Sun May 01, 2011 10:05 am Have you taken food |
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| Allifathima wrote: |
In India, I found many people saying,
"Have you taken your food?" instead of asking,
"Did you eat your food?"
Is it wrong? |
It is incorrect to replace 'have you eaten your food?' with 'have you taken your food?'
This probably stems from the fact that it is possible (though old fashioned0 to say
'Have you taken breakfast (or other meals) yet?' as a replacement for 'Have you had breakfast yet?' - in this usage 'taken' is a shortened form of 'partaken of'.
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