XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 8/13/2024 8:20 PM, Rich Ulrich wrote:   
   > On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:29:48 +0530, Madhu wrote:   
   >   
   >> though i let dozens of these slip by me but i felt like posting this.   
   >>   
   >> 	"Neeraj leaves for Germany to take medical advice"   
   >>   
   >> 	"Neeraj Chopra has left for Germany after winning a silver medal   
   >> 	in the Paris games to take medical advice regarding a possible   
   >> 	surgery and to decide whether to feature in the upcoming   
   >> 	Diaamond league meetings. "Neeraj will not return to India for   
   >> 	another month and a half", a family source said."  13-Aug-2024.   
   >>   
   >> disregarding the other indianisms, isnt advice taken only after it has   
   >> been given? "to seek medical advice", but do others object to this   
   >> construction?   
   > Yes, that "take" is not idiomatic.   
   >   
   > I presume that it is in the style of English that understands   
   > what it means to "feature in ... league meetings."   
   >   
   > My guess on the latter would be that he is (maybe) a speaker   
   > or special consultant.   
   >   
   > -- Rich Ulrich   
   >   
      
      
   [take medical advice]   means   (today)...   get tested, get examined   
      
      
   in the old joke...   a guy runs into a doctor at a Party,   
                         describes his (health) conditions....(at length),   
                          and asks the Doctor:   
                                       [What should i take?]   
      
              And the doctor says:    [Take (medical) advice]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)