take
1.不可把take用作“拿来”或“取来”解，下面两句都不对：
- Please take your pen with you when you come tomorrow. （该把take改作bring）
- I have to go back to take my pen. （该把take改作get）
2.下面两句里的take作“买”解：
- I will take this pen.
- I will take as many eggs as you can supply.
有下面两点该注意：
（1）take用在指房屋的词的前面通常作“租赁”解，不作“买”解。例如：They have taken the cottage for the winter.
（2）说“买”并不都可以用take，如不可说I went into the shop to take a pen，该把take改作buy。注意I will take this pen里的take着重在“得”的意思。
3.take in用作“参观”或“观看”解是美国英语。例如：He has taken in several points of interest during the last week. 和I hope to take in a movie the next time I am in town.
4.I have just taken lunch. Would you like to take a drink? 等不及I have just had lunch. Would you like to have a drink? 等普通。
5.take over作“接收”、“接管”或“接任”解，可以单独用。例如：When will the new manager take over?
6.May I take it that you will sign the document? 和I take it that they will come early里的take作“料想”解，it是它的宾语，以that引导的从句是it的同位语，it不可省去，但that有时省去。有时把I take it用作插入成分。例如：He is studying English, and, I take it, is making steady progress in it.
7.“伴（女子）入席”在英国说take ... in to dinner，在美国说take...out to dinner。
8.下面四句里的take(n) to或took to是习语，作“开始（而成为习惯）”解：
- He has taken to this good habit.
- How has he taken to drink?
- Soon he took to getting up before six.
- The boy took to blinking his eyes, placing his hand on his heart, and speaking in a voice pulsating with emotion.
这里的to是介词，不是不定式的符号，所以第三句里的rising不可改作rise，第四句里的blinking，placing和speaking不可改作blink，place和speak。第二句里的drink是名词，不是动词，但改作drinking也可以。
9.下面三句意思相同：
- It took him three years to write the book.
- He took three years to write the book.
- The book took him three years to write.
