RECEIVE PAYMENT

[Rover_KE]

It looks like I will never learn good English.

Make sure you write grammatically at all times.

Rover

[EverLivingPoet]

"It was bad hunting, and the Tanana people made payment for the bad hunting."

London Short Story: The White Man's Way (World of Jack London)

That quote came from Jack London's "The White Man's Way". So, "make payment" is idiomatic after all.

[5jj]

"It was bad hunting, and the Tanana people made payment for the bad hunting."

London Short Story: The White Man's Way (World of Jack London)

That quote came from Jack London's "The White Man's Way". So, "make payment" is idiomatic after all.

No it isn't. Note who is speaking the words.

[EverLivingPoet]

Jack London was an revered American writer. His writings are at the level of deities.

[5jj]

In my last post I suggested: note who is speaking the words. The character in London's story is not a native speaker of English. His English is not perfect.

[EverLivingPoet]

OK. I got it. Thanks.