diamondcutter
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Judy: Which teacher will you miss the most after junior high school, Clara?
Clara: Mr. Brown. He guided me to do a lot better in science. He always took the time to explain things to me clearly whenever I couldn’t understand anything.
(from an English textbook for junior high school students by Cengage Learning and PEP)
I wonder if the “take the time to do something” is a set phrase. That is to say the definite article can’t be omitted or replaced by other words, say "much", "a lot of".
Clara: Mr. Brown. He guided me to do a lot better in science. He always took the time to explain things to me clearly whenever I couldn’t understand anything.
(from an English textbook for junior high school students by Cengage Learning and PEP)
I wonder if the “take the time to do something” is a set phrase. That is to say the definite article can’t be omitted or replaced by other words, say "much", "a lot of".