When do exactly we choose to use have or take? They look sort of having similar context
I have a bath
I take a bath
And by the way, I saw that
I take a chance
Can't be transformed to
I have a chance
Can it?
*Moreover, If there's a verb used like the bath, it means the bath is no more a verb but a noun right?
Also very important is that , can they be applied randomly to *a verb or a noun?
Like :
* - I take a choose
Or
- I take an option ( this one makes sense but I mean in the context of delexical verb)
?
*EDIT: My mistake , bath is actually not "a verb transformed to a noun, but its absolutely a noun."
So my concerns would be if they can be used interchangeably? And be applied to random noun?
Answer
Bath and chance are not verbs.
"*Take a choose" is grammatically incorrect since choose is a verb. To make it grammatically correct you can change it to "take a choice", although the common phrase is "make a choice".
Both have and take are delexical verbs, and their combinations with "bath" are collocations which are almost synonyms in this case (there may be a regional preference). But generally delexical verbs are not interchangeable and they can't go with just any verb - their use is idiomatic. For example, "take a chance" and "have a chance" have different meanings.
You can find more information about delexical verbs here.
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