Have vs take breakfast

[Sylarv]

It's not official English to use breakfast as a verb, but people often do this sort of thing informally just for fun.

By the way, the right phraseology is 'to have breakfast', not 'take'. You can also say 'eat breakfast' but that's somewhat clunky. You'd really only say that if you want to stress the eating part.

"Eat your breakfast! You'll be late for school!" - A mother might say to her child who is sitting there not eating their breakfast.

[Language Heritage]

It's not official English to use breakfast as a verb, but people often do this sort of thing informally just for fun.

By the way, the right phraseology is 'to have breakfast', not 'take'. You can also say 'eat breakfast' but that's somewhat clunky. You'd really only say that if you want to stress the eating part.

"Eat your breakfast! You'll be late for school!" - A mother might say to her child who is sitting there not eating their breakfast.

It's not incorrect to say "take breakfast", it is just very old-fashioned. Genteel is you will.

[Seneca]

I agree with Language Heritage. Perhaps it is also more common in British English? I definitely have friends from the UK who have used that sort of phrasing. I also disagree that saying "eat breakfast" is clunky.

[stelingo]

I agree with Sylarv. To take breakfast just doesn't sound right.

[Teango]

To take breakfast (e.g., as in the phrase "we'll take breakfast in the parlour") evokes a sense of a servant or employee bringing you your breakfast, and hence sounds rather old-fashioned and affectatious these days. Nevertheless, it could well be used more frequently in hotels with room service, e.g., "I'll take breakfast in my room"? Having heard the phrase "we'll take dinner" far less often, I wonder whether this is because breakfast can often fit and be brought to you on a tray, which can itself be taken in one room, and then perhaps moved or taken to another room later on if desired (e.g., study, conservatory). Just food for thought.

[Serpent]

It's time to either move on or start a spinoff thread about breakfast

[Sylarv]

It's not official English to use breakfast as a verb, but people often do this sort of thing informally just for fun.

By the way, the right phraseology is 'to have breakfast', not 'take'. You can also say 'eat breakfast' but that's somewhat clunky. You'd really only say that if you want to stress the eating part.

"Eat your breakfast! You'll be late for school!" - A mother might say to her child who is sitting there not eating their breakfast.

It's not incorrect to say "take breakfast", it is just very old-fashioned. Genteel is you will.

How odd. I've never heard it.

[Tillumadoguenirurm]

Did he take his breakfast this morning?
I took breakfast in my room.

Did he have his breakfast this morning?
I had breakfast in my room.

I'm not a native English speaker, which if these should I use?

[Bluepaint]

Did he take his breakfast this morning?
I took breakfast in my room.

Did he have his breakfast this morning?
I had breakfast in my room.

I'm not a native English speaker, which if these should I use?

Have/had would be the most common way to say it.

[Serpent]

Ok threads split.