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Hi, there
I'd like to know if you could help me with some questions. Please!
1) I'd like to know if you use "take up" or "pick up" in the sense of resume, continue, borrow an idea. For example:
"Neo-marxists like Gramsci took up/picked up the ideas of Marx and built their theory on it" ... Does this sentence sound odd? I mean "pick up, take up"? And "built their theories on it"?
"If Hillary wins the election, she is likely to pick up/take up some of Obama's policies" Does it sound odd?
2) Do you say "a very consumerist society" or "a very consumer society"? What about "You are too consumerist" or "You are too consumer"? Or both sound odd?
3) If I am riding with someone in their car(DO you use "RIDE" like this? Or is it odd? And I am giving him instructions. Would it be odd to say"Skip this one(turn) and turn the next"? I mean "Turn the next" is odd? What about "Turn IN the next"??? Or What about "Skip this one and make the next turn"? Please
Thank you for all
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I would say
1) Pick up where you left off
he would pick up on someone's idea. He would take up another person's idea.
If Hilary wins the election she is likely to take up some of Obama's ideas.
Not too sure about the consumer question.... I would say you consume too much.
In British English we don't use ride so much in cars. Here we say, do you want a lift rather than do you need a ride.
If I was in a car with someone, I might say, "not this turn, take the next one (or next left/right).
Hope that helps :)
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You can use take up where you left off for resume. You can use pick up for acquiring an idea although take up might be better for borrowing (qlthough it sounds odd) because you are taking from something or someone. I would say picked up for the Marx one although took up can also work.
The Hillary one is fine and again I would use pick up.
Consumerist both cases.
I would say skip this one and take the next but you could also say turn on the next.
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