snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-24 months agoWhat decision that you made originally seemed insignificant but then turned out to be life-changing?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareWhat decision that you made originally seemed insignificant but then turned out to be life-changing?snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-24 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarego $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoObviously it doesn’t matter, but my brain was stuck on the title for a while because you make a decision, not “take” a decision.
minus-squareJaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago😂 It’s bad enough on its own that you can’t afford to fuck it up.
minus-squarehades@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months ago“take a decision” is also a valid phrase: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take a decision
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoIn English English decisions can be taken as well as made… although it’s possibly more common to use “make” in the present tense and “took” in the past tense. i.e. “They took the decision to make no more decisions until tomorrow.”
Obviously it doesn’t matter, but my brain was stuck on the title for a while because you make a decision, not “take” a decision.
😂
It’s bad enough on its own that you can’t afford to fuck it up.
“take a decision” is also a valid phrase: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take a decision
In English English decisions can be taken as well as made… although it’s possibly more common to use “make” in the present tense and “took” in the past tense. i.e. “They took the decision to make no more decisions until tomorrow.”