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Olena
Is it correct to say "take a decision" instead of "make a decision"?
2 gru 2019 13:34
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"Take a decision" and "make a decision" are both correct.
In British English, "take a decision" is less common than "make a decision." In American English, "take a decision" is very very rare. Here are Google Ngrams for British and American books.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=take+a+decision%2Cmake+a+decision&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=18&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ctake%20a%20decision%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmake%20a%20decision%3B%2Cc0
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=take+a+decision%2Cmake+a+decision&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=17&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ctake%20a%20decision%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmake%20a%20decision%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Ctake%20a%20decision%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmake%20a%20decision%3B%2Cc0
2 grudnia 2019
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Hi Olena,
As DavidK says, in *US English* “make a decision* is more correct and natural. But I believe in UK English “take a decision” is correct/acceptable.
2 grudnia 2019
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In American English, “make a decision” is much more common and better.
But you could hear something like “he took the unfortunate decision to sell his house to his neighbor without determining its true market value”. It could be used in the past and suggests making a decision quickly. But I’d still prefer “made”.
2 grudnia 2019
No, 'to make a decision' or 'to decide' are correct, but not 'to take a decision'.
2 grudnia 2019
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Olena
Znajomość języków
angielski, niemiecki, ukraiński
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angielski, niemiecki
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