Emotions & feelings
take something personally
interpret something as directed at you
If you take something personally, you feel that a comment or action is meant to criticise or hurt you.
Hear it in real life
Was he upset with me?
No, don't take it personally. He was just having a bad day.
Try not to take the manager's comments personally; she speaks very directly to everyone.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Don't take it in personal.
Say: Don't take it personally.
No “in”: you take something personally.
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How it fits in a sentence.
take something personally; took something personally; don't take it personally
Your turn: say it out loud
Try not to take the manager's comments personally; she speaks very directly to everyone.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
take something personally
interpret something as directed at you
“Try not to take the manager's comments personally; she speaks very directly to everyone.”
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