have and take expressions Do these expressions sound odd to the ears of a US native-speaker: a) have a bath/shower b) have a break c) have a laugh On a) and b) I understand that using "take" is more

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have and take expressions Do these expressions sound odd to the ears of a US native-speaker: a) have a bath/shower b) have a break c) have a laugh On a) and b) I understand that using "take" is more common (also acceptable in the UK), but I wanted to know if "have" would also be acceptable to the average person. Thanks for your help.

1. Dez. 2016 09:48

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Yes, they all sound "odd" to my American ears but perfectly acceptable/understandable. Just sounds like British English. I disagree with Jerry. I would not normally say "have a laugh." I would just say, for example, "it's great to laugh," or, "we all laughed over our silly mistake," or, "it was embarrassing, but we got a good laugh out of it."

1. Dezember 2016

Very odd and unnatural sounding to hear or even say with 'have', on A and B C is quite natural with 'have' We don't 'take a laugh' ( that's how this 'average' person sees it )

1. Dezember 2016

I agree that "take a decision" is normal in the UK. We also say "make a decision". The subtle difference is that "make" emphasises the mental formulation process and "take" emphasises the execution.

1. Dezember 2016