Take in one´s stride

[Johnyxxx]

Hello,

Does the sentence below sound natural?

"The math examination was a walk in the park, I took it in my stride."

Thank you very much.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you said it, it would sound OK because we can't hear punctuation. However, the comma is incorrect in the written version. It should be either a semi-colon or a full stop and a new sentence.

Note that in BrE, it's "maths", not "math". Also, most people probably wouldn't bother with the whole word "examination".

The maths exam was a walk in the park; I took it in my stride.

 

[Tdol]

Also, the title has a word missing- you take something in your stride.

 

[Barb_D]

I'm glad my British friends answered first, because I would have "corrected" you to say to drop the "my."

In the US, we just take things in stride.
My boss told me that the project we'd been working on was cancelled and our newest priority was one he had said wasn't going to happen. Oh well. You just have to take these things in stride.

 

[emsr2d2]

I thought I was pretty well informed about big differences between AmE and BrE ways of saying things but that's a new one on me. Clearly, I've never heard any of my American friends use the phrase.

 

[Tarheel]

Interesting. I have always heard it the way Barb stated it.

 

[Barb_D]

These differences used to surprise me. Now I just take them all in stride. :lol: