• Victor@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Taking a decision

    European? It’s “take a decision” in my native language as well. But in idiomatic English you say “make a decision”. A decision is something you make.

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          9 days ago

          At least in the US, I’ve never heard a native English speaker say “take a decision” only make, so maybe joke isn’t on you?

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            9 days ago

            Same! As a person who was in a relationship with an American for 12 years and visited America several times for months at a time and who has grown up with American and international media all my life and am fluent in English, I’ve never ever heard anyone other than Scandinavians and other Europeans say “take a decision”, because that’s what several of us say in our own languages. Only have I ever heard “make a decision” from native speakers. 😅

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        I’m in the US and “take a decision” is firmly not in my dialect. Taking a course of action is, naturally.