Will take it to mean

[Kontol]

Hello, emsr2d2. Can you explain why you don't say "I will take it to mean..." in your sentence?

What does "up" mean in this sentence?Does it mean "on?"

Off we go! Fulham get the game underway.
In the opening moments it looks like we're employing a 4-4-2 formation, with Paqueta right up the pitch alongside Bowen, but I wonder if that will remain the case.

I would take it to mean he's in an attacking position. If someone is "up the pitch" in football, it usually means they're in the half of the pitch in which their team is trying to score.

 

[emsr2d2]

I could have said "I take it to mean", showing that's what my understanding is.
I said "I would take it to mean" as a shortened form of "If I saw that sentence in a newspaper report or online, I would take it to mean ...".

Using "I will take it to mean" is ungrammatical.

 

[Kontol]

Using "I will take it to mean" is ungrammatical

Why is it incorrect? If so, when can it be used correctly?

 

[emsr2d2]

Why is it incorrect? If so, when can it be used correctly?

I shouldn't have said it was ungrammatical. Technically, it's a grammatically complete sentence. However, "taking something to mean something" isn't something we tend to predict so I can't come up with a context in which I would use the future aspect.

 

[Skrej]

About the the only context I could see it working with 'will' is some kind of threat or verbal posturing promising future action.

If you don't formally acknowledge your error by Friday, I will take it to mean that you intend to deny responsibility. I will thus be forced to proceed with a lawsuit.