ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3256.36449)Re: TOOK IThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxlv/post.htm#299017Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:03:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:299017Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxlv/post.htm#299017http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-299017.xml<br>Yes, sorry-- my mind somehow interpolated a <i>he </i>before <i>took</i> in the original sentence.&nbsp; Ah, senility...<br><br><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: TOOK IThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxwn/post.htm#298975Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:34:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298975CalifJim2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxwn/post.htm#298975http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-298975.xmltook it = I took the money<br> <br> CJ<br> <br><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: TOOK IThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxgv/post.htm#298932Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:15:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298932pieanne2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxgv/post.htm#298932http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-298932.xmlI would agree with you, Tidus&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: TOOK IThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxzz/post.htm#298916Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:46:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298916Tidus3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxzz/post.htm#298916http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-298916.xml<P><BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>Anonymous wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4">Hi, I would like to know the meaning of this idiom or just verb here: 'He was resisiting giving me the money so I hit him upside the head and just TOOK IT.' Does it mean that after I hit him I took the money or that after I hit him he understood? Thanks in advance, Jo.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE></P> <P>&nbsp;Although the "I" is not required, it might be clearer to you if I say:&nbsp; "He was resisting giving me <STRONG>the money</STRONG> so I hit him upside the head and <STRONG>I</STRONG> just took <STRONG>it</STRONG>".&nbsp; "It" being "the money".&nbsp;&nbsp; It means after you hit him, you took the money. </P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: TOOK IThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxdv/post.htm#298881Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:54:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298881Marius Hancu4http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxdv/post.htm#298881http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-298881.xmlConfusing: not clear if it's <b>he</b> or <b>I </b>who took it. <br> <br> I: I took the money<br> He: see MM's answer<br> <br><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: TOOK IThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxbw/post.htm#298851Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:12:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298851Mister Micawber5http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxbw/post.htm#298851http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-298851.xml<br><i>He just took it</i> = he did not resist or try to avoid the blow.<br><br><div style="clear:both;"></div>TOOK IThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxbd/post.htmWed, 29 Nov 2006 13:59:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:298846Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookIt/djxbd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-298846.xmlHi, <br />I would like to know the meaning of this idiom or just verb here: <br /> <br />'He was resisiting giving me the money so I hit him upside the head and just TOOK IT.' <br /> Does it mean that after I hit him I took the money or that after I hit him he understood? <br /> <br /> Thanks in advance, Jo.