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Default Re: Have a look OR take a look

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Originally Posted by eflnow View Post
I would say both are correct.
Indeed they are, but I detect a very slight difference: take suggests more effort on the part of the looker.

Example:

[Two people are sitting at a table, each reading different newspapers. One sees an article that would interest the other.]
Have a look at this.

[Two people are sitting at separate tables, at opposite ends of a room. The one who says
Take a look at this
knows that he's asking the other person to get up and walk across the room.]

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