Re: [APD] nerd question about "plant" verbage-- to uptake

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

"Take in" works fine, as in "Fast growing plants take in a lot of nutrients." It actually sounds less like jargon than, "Fast growing plants uptake a lot of nutrients." And that makes it a safe bet that latter will be more prevalent. It's more like a secret handshake than the plainer, more, straightforward construction.
 
However, a similar adaptation is not likely for hospitals inplace of "Intake." Few medical purveyors will want to announce where patients are to be *taken in* ;-)
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Chuck H <grendel at knology_net>
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:01:56 PM
Subject: Re: [APD] nerd question about "plant" verbage-- to uptake


Erin wrote:
>
>Because if "uptake" only exists legitimately as a noun, 
>would the verb describing this action be "to take up"?


I think "to take in" would be mo' better.
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Chuck Huffine

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