What is the meaning of "We want to take let you know..."
I just asked to an UK English native speaker and they told me it's a typo. Or is this a formal expression used in the US?
Yeah it's a mistake. Started the sentence and then changed their mind but forgot to delete "take"
Believe that British person haha
Searching-man•
Yeah, probably originally going for a phrase "take time to tell you..." or "take a second to address..." or something, rephrased to "let you know" and didn't clean it up.
clearly a typo
AcrobaticAd4464•
Yeah, typo.
They were probably going to type “We want to take a moment to let you know what to expect…” but decided it was too wordy.
Thin-Hearing-6677•
It took me reading this 5 times to even notice "take" there
ThirdSunRising•
Typo. We want to let you know. Or, we want to take this opportunity to let you know…
SnooDonuts6494•
Yes.
Redbeard4006•
Definitely typo. I skipped the word in my head the first time I read it, but take definitely doesn't belong there.
ETA perhaps they originally meant to say "take this opportunity to let you know", decided that was too wordy, but left the take there by accident.
Substantial-Kiwi3164•
It never occurred to me that someone might make that jump. I feel like British English is more formal than American, maybe I’m biased.
Definitely a typo.
msmisrule•
Typo
commitminecraftarson•
this is a typo ! probably changed the phrase and didn't notice the error
Lesbianfool•
It means someone didn’t proofread their work. They likely started a sentence, deleted some of it and reworded it but forgot to remove “take” in the process
My guess is they originally wrote “we want to take a moment to let you know “
Jacobobarobatobski•
Yes. I feel like they meant to say “take this opportunity to let you know…”
Glad_Performer3177•
Are you sure that's official communication? That's one of the clues to identify a scam email or letter on this case.
Nondescript_Redditor•
It’s an error
LinneaWindhaven•
i suppose that should not be there , this is a typo
LanewayRat•
Another awkwardness of style in this notice is in the opening line, “It has been brought to Utah County’s attention that…”
Not “wrong” just a bit informal and amateurish for official communication.
I’d expect something like these:
- It has been brought to our attention at Utah County that…
- Utah County officials have been alerted to the fact that…
coresect23•
It's a typo. It was probably something along the lines of "We would like to take this opportunity to let you know..." but then it got edited down to make it more informal and easier to understand. "We want..." does sound a little too informal though, so I'd be checking to make sure this isn't a scam of some kind.
Person012345•
Yes. It looks like they were going to type "take the time to let you know" but then changed their mind for the sake of brevity and forgot to delete "take".
Advanced-Stick-2221•
Definetly
SBCopywriter•
They were probably supposed to write 'We want to let you know...'
Your instincts are correct.
desk4300•
Take should not be there. This is a typo
TheRoyalPineapple48•
It was most likely some form of “take this time to inform you,” but they revised it and just didn’t realize they didn’t delete the word take