[Grammar] take vs spend

[Effie Wang]

hi there

Is there any usage as the below?
I heard that take should come along with "to " instead of "V-ing"


" I take three hours finishing my report everyday."

Thanks

 

[sergeyrais]

Probably, "It took me

three hours to finish my report"?​

 

[Gillnetter]

hi there

Is there any usage as the below?
I heard that take should come along with "to " instead of "V-ing"


" I take three hours finishing my report."

Thanks

There is no problem using the language the way you did. I can, for example, say "I take all morning traveling to my favorite fishing spot". Do you mean something like "It used to take me all morning to travel to my favorite fishing spot"?

 

[Barb_D]

Yes, either:
It took me three hours to finish the report yesterday.
or
I spent three hours finishing the report yesterday.

An another note, I always have trouble with "to finish" as action of duration. Does that mean you had spend 60 hours on the report in the past weeks, but yesterday you took three hours to put the final things into place, thus finishing it? Or does it mean it took you three hours from start to finish? With the "to finish" I'm inclinded to think that latter, but "finishing" feels more like the former.

 

[Odessa Dawn]

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" I take three hours finishing my report everyday."

Thanks

Question: Don’t we need "Every day" – two words?

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[SoothingDave]

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Question: Don’t we need "Every day" – two words?

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Yes.