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take the minutes
record meeting decisions
To take the minutes is to write a record of what was discussed and decided.
This vs that
I'll take the minutes.
I'd like to make a point.
Hear it in real life
Who's taking the minutes today?
I can do it, as long as someone sends me the agenda first.
Could you take the minutes at tomorrow's meeting and circulate them afterwards?
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
The native phrase is the normal concise way to describe this meeting role.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I took the minute in the meeting.
Say: I took the minutes in the meeting.
Use the plural 'minutes' for the official meeting record.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
take the minutes
Could you take the minutes while I chair the meeting?
I took the minutes and sent them round that afternoon.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about work meetings.
put something on the agenda
Can we put the budget review on the agenda?
come back to ___
Can we come back to that point later?
Work meetings words
Work · Work meetings: the words around “take the minutes”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
I'll take the minutes.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
take the minutes
record meeting decisions
“Could you take the minutes at tomorrow's meeting and circulate them afterwards?”
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