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 caren_630
 
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							| Have a break vs take a break 
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							| What is the difference between take a break and have a break? |  23 Jan 2013      
					
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 MoodyMoody
 
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							| There �s no difference, at least in American English. I probably use "take" more, but they �re really interchangeable, and "have" doesn �t sound strange. |  23 Jan 2013     
					
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 cunliffe
 
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							| I don �t think there �s much difference. All I can think of is that in the imperative, you would use  �take �. As in,  �Take your break now. � And if you were describing it, you �d say,  �I �m having a great break. Eating kitkats and such like.� |  23 Jan 2013     
					
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 Terri Lawson
 
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							| Could it be something like the Americans tend to say "take a bath/shower � and the English say "have a bath/shower �????Just wondering.... |  23 Jan 2013     
					
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