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Pedantic Nonsense Up with Which I Will Not Put! 'Discreet' or 'Discrete'?

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Take and Prepositional Phrases

Take can have both a direct object and a prepositional phrase, as in, i need to take you into my confidence. In the sixth category, take can require a particle, a directobject and aPrepositional phrase. Finally, if you have a complaint, take it up with the manager is a Prepositionalphrase.

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