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Old 15-Apr-2008, 06:38
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Originally Posted by David L. View Post
...except that phrasing it so suggests introducing the lesson plan of a primary school teacher to her class.
Most native speakers would introduce the topic with:
"Do you like to travel?"

I would say that the context of the usage has a lot to do with it. Consider people who are chatting over dinner. Having exhausted a previous subject, and sitting in silence, someone says "Let's talk about travel" as a way to get the conversation started again.

Or, in the case of two people who haven't chatted in a while, one might ask "What shall we talk about?" with the other replying "Let's talk about travel."

There is no indication that the originally posted query was intended to be a question -- such as, "Do you like to travel?"

The query asked if the phrase was correct, and acceptable. It is.
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