Timeline for Can one use 'prepare' instead of 'be prepared' or 'be ready'?
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| Jul 8, 2014 at 23:48 | answer | added | phenry | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 23:39 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | It's not so much the verb 'prepare' that needs examining here as the 'take ___ + to-infinitive' construction. AHD has: take: 15. To require (something) as a basic necessity [often followed by a to-infinitive]: It takes money to live in that town. >> The house will take 7 months to build. / The helicopter will take all your skill to pilot // cf The car will cost $30 000 to buy. // With 'The meal will take 30 minutes to cook', it is uncertain whether 'It will take 30 minutes for the meal to cook' or 'It will take me/him ... 30 minutes to cook the meal' is meant, as 'cook' is an ergative verb. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 23:06 | comment | added | user66974 | To prepare (v.intr.) : 1. To make things or oneself ready.thefreedictionary.com/Prepare | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 22:52 | history | asked | Mikael Hickma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |