Taking the knee or Standing Free?

[Jupiter]

"Taking the knee" is grammatically illogical. Whose knee is it, and where did they take it?

[57vintage]

"Taking the knee" is grammatically illogical. Whose knee is it, and where did they take it?

Fail.

‘Taking’ does not, in usage, only mean having possession of an object. It may also be used to express an abstract, eg ‘taking a point of view’, or ‘taking issue with’, where possession of an object isn’t a consideration. It may also exist as a gerund, in which case, it is also grammatically acceptable ie ‘the taking of the knee became a universal symbolic action of support in 2020, for Black Lives Matter after the racist tarryhat ****s in some US honky redneck backwater murdered George erm..I forget his surname’.

If you mean ‘stylisticallly’ rather than grammatically, that is a different matter, and is down to personal preference rather than grammatical rule.

Glad to be of assistance.

Next time: ‘the split infinitive - acceptable stylistic device or the clarty filthy stinking soap-dodging bigoted hun of current English language use?’

[mondo_notion]

the racist tarryhat ****s in some US honky redneck backwater murdered George erm..I forget his surname’.

Foreman.

[57vintage]

Foreman.

The beer in The Grill is pish, though. Huge and impressive selection, however, of an independent Banffshire’s hoorin big revenue-earning liquid.

[Hairdrier]

For those of us who are neutral on such matters as 'taking the knee', I have a question for those who also go to the gym and sports people in general:

The position assumed by and appropriated by BLM virtue signallers is also exactly the same as a very useful and effective stretching technique for the leg quadriceps. I am not inclined to use this stretching technique any more, in case it is misinterpreted as some sort of political affinity. As the technique is also only effective when applied to both legs, am I to assume that footballers who concentrate on using one leg only and neglecting the contralateral will eventually end up running round in circles, should they persist with 'taking the knee'?

[Hairdrier]

For those of us who are neutral on such matters as 'taking the knee', I have a question for those who also go to the gym and sports people in general:

The position assumed by and appropriated by BLM virtue signallers is also exactly the same as a very useful and effective stretching technique for the leg quadriceps. I am not inclined to use this stretching technique any more, in case it is misinterpreted as some sort of political affinity. As the technique is also only effective when applied to both legs, am I to assume that footballers who concentrate on using one leg only and neglecting the contralateral will eventually end up running round in circles, should they persist with 'taking the knee'?

[Donanddusted]

Foreman.

Of the jury?

[dons8321]

Fail.

‘Taking’ does not, in usage, only mean having possession of an object. It may also be used to express an abstract, eg ‘taking a point of view’, or ‘taking issue with’, where possession of an object isn’t a consideration. It may also exist as a gerund, in which case, it is also grammatically acceptable ie ‘the taking of the knee became a universal symbolic action of support in 2020, for Black Lives Matter after the racist tarryhat ****s in some US honky redneck backwater murdered George erm..I forget his surname’.

If you mean ‘stylisticallly’ rather than grammatically, that is a different matter, and is down to personal preference rather than grammatical rule.

Glad to be of assistance.

Next time: ‘the split infinitive - acceptable stylistic device or the clarty filthy stinking soap-dodging bigoted hun of current English language use?’

Excellent, young man! (well you are 7 years younger than me). The only issue I'd have with taking the knee is that it would take me 30min to get upright again.