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We take dinner at 7 every day. Is 'take' correctly used? Where I live it is very commonly used. Thanks. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. take/eat/havedinner Threadstarter Karen123456 Startdate Feb10,2013 K Karen123456 SeniorMember MalaysiaEnglish Wetakedinnerat7everyday. Is'take'correctlyused?WhereIliveitisverycommonlyused.Thanks.   SwissPete SeniorMember 94044USA Français(CH),AE(California) Iwouldbemoreinclinedtosaytoeatortohave,ratherthantotake.Butmaybeit'sjustinmyneckofthewoods.   MissJulie SeniorMember Chicagometroarea English-U.S. NotwhereIlive...wehavedinner.   PaulQ SeniorMember UK English-England Tomeitisacceptablebutalittleold-fashionedandformalbutnotunpleasanttohear.Iwouldusethemoreprosaic"have". IsuspectthatitisperfectlynormalEnglishinplacesfromPakistaneast-anddowntoMalaysia.   E Embonpoint SeniorMember Boston English--American InAmericanEnglishIwouldalsosayhaveoreatinthiscontext.TheonecontextwhereIwouldsaytakedinneriswhensomeoneisbringingittomeandI'mspecifyingthelocation: I'lltakedinnerinmyroom,please. The"takedinner"formulationintheoriginalpostsoundsBritishtome.   Lastedited:Feb10,2013 KeithBradford SeniorMember Brittany,NWFrance English(MidlandsUK) NotBritishsinceabout1930.   E Embonpoint SeniorMember Boston English--American KeithBradfordsaid: NotBritishsinceabout1930. Clicktoexpand... Okay,wellmymainexposuretoBritishEnglishisMasterpieceTheatreandKeepingUpAppearances.Sothatwouldexplainit! InmodernBEcanyousay"I'lltakedinnerinmyroom,please"toasksomeonetobringittoyouthere?Forexample,atahotelifyouhaveachoiceofgettingbreakfastinyourroomorinthediningroomcanyousay"I'lltakeitinmyroom."   K Karen123456 SeniorMember MalaysiaEnglish <> Idonoteat/takeluncheveryday. Caneither'eat'or'take'beused? Thanks.   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Feb10,2013 Thomas1 SeniorMember polszczyznawarszawska Hi, Yes,youwillcomeacrossboth'eat'and'take'lunchinBritishEnglish.   E Egmont SeniorMember Massachusetts,U.S. English-U.S. Wedon'tusetakeinthiswayinAmericanEnglish.IfIsaid"Idon'ttakeluncheveryday,"IwouldmeanthatsometimesItakelunchtowork(probablyfromhome),butnoteveryday.Ontheotherdays,Igetlunchanotherway(thecompanycafeteria,anearbyrestaurant,...).IfIwanttoexpresstheideathatIsometimesskipthemiddaymealentirely,I'dsay"Idon'teatluncheveryday."   Thomas1 SeniorMember polszczyznawarszawska I'mwonderingwhattheintendedmeaningofthesentenceinquestionis.   T tomtombp SeniorMember Hungarian Or"have"whichisIthinkevenmorecommonthan"eat".Thiswasjustcoveredbyarecenttopic: replacingverbswith"have"   E Embonpoint SeniorMember Boston English--American WetendinAEtouse"take"whenthereisarealchoiceinvolved.Forexample,"doyoutakesugarinyourcoffee?" <>   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Feb10,2013 goldencypress SeniorMember India India-Malayalam Doyou Eat Takeor Have ameal,breakfast,lunch,dinneretc Thankyou   Lasteditedbyamoderator:Aug6,2015 natkretep Moderatoconanima(EnglishOnly) Singapore English(Singapore/UK),basicChinese Havealookattheearliercomments,goldencypress.Forme,'have'ismostcommon.   goldencypress SeniorMember India India-Malayalam natkretepsaid: Havealookattheearliercomments,goldencypress.Forme,'have'ismostcommon. Clicktoexpand... Thankyou,natkretep.Wouldyoualsouseitinthecontinuoustense?EgI'mhavingmylunchnow?   SwissPete SeniorMember 94044USA Français(CH),AE(California) Yes.IfIaminthemiddleofdinnerandthephonerings,Isay:"Iamnotansweringthephone.Iamhavingdinner".   goldencypress SeniorMember India India-Malayalam SwissPetesaid: Yes.IfIaminthemiddleofdinnerandthephonerings,Isay:"Iamnotansweringthephone.Iamhavingdinner". Clicktoexpand... ThankyouSP   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top