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Guest  +  81795 Thu, 17 Mar 05 04:45 AM
You like to take the stairs. I don't.


Can 'take the stairs' be replaced with 'walk the stairs' without changing its meaning?
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Mister Micawber  +  81804 Thu, 17 Mar 05 06:21 AM

No, 'take the stairs' is the idiom. 'Take' means 'use', not 'walk'. 'You like to use the stairs' is fine. There is presumably also an elevator.



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