A take-note debate

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Michel - 18 Feb 2004 16:17 GMT

If you say that they held a "take-note" debate, what do you mean exactly by
"a take-note debate"? Thanks, once again.
M.R.

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Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack ) - 21 Feb 2004 04:25 GMT

> If you say that they held a "take-note" debate, what do you mean exactly by
> "a take-note debate"? Thanks, once again.

Without speculating, I don't know. I've never heard it said. I'm a
native speaker in the western US.

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Michel - 21 Feb 2004 12:34 GMT

I saw this in :the "Globe and Mail" of Toronto (Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004):
"Earlier in the Commons, the Conservatives held a take-note debate, arguing
the Liberal Party was nurturing "a culture of corruption through the abuse
of its influence and the use of public funds for personal benefit and to
benefit friends, family and the Liberal Party of Canada."
M.R.
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> > If you say that they held a "take-note" debate, what do you mean exactly by
> > "a take-note debate"? Thanks, once again.
> >
> Without speculating, I don't know. I've never heard it said. I'm a
> native speaker in the western US.

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Einde O'Callaghan - 23 Feb 2004 08:30 GMT

> I saw this in :the "Globe and Mail" of Toronto (Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004):
> "Earlier in the Commons, the Conservatives held a take-note debate, arguing
> the Liberal Party was nurturing "a culture of corruption through the abuse
> of its influence and the use of public funds for personal benefit and to
> benefit friends, family and the Liberal Party of Canada."

a debate where there is no resolution at the end and the government
should simply take note of the points raised.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / February 2004

A take-note debate