Pick up a habit. - English Grammar

To pick something up is to catch it from someone, like an infection. So it works for habits and accents. Your feeling is right - it does not ... WelcomeGuestForumSearch|ActiveTopics|Members中文简体DanskNederlandsEnglishSuomiFrançaisDeutschNorskPolskiRomânăРусскийEspañolSvenskaTürkçe TheFreeDictionaryLanguageForums » English » EnglishGrammar » Pickupahabit. Pickupahabit. Options PreviousTopic · NextTopic AshrafulHaqueAshraf Posted: Saturday,October31,20204:09:24PM Rank:AdvancedMember Joined:11/5/2019Posts:265Neurons:6,798 I'veseenthesesentencesonline:"I'vepickedupthishabitfromyou.""Whenyouliveinacountryforawhileyouautomaticallypickuptheaccent.""I'vepickedupthecultureofthiscountry."-Nottoosureaboutthisone.Does'pickup'inthissentencesmeantolearnsomethingintentionallyorsubconsciouslywithoutintendingto? Backtotop   thar Posted: Saturday,October31,20204:39:21PM Rank:AdvancedMember Joined:7/8/2010Posts:27,354Neurons:111,405 Thefirsttwoaregood.Topicksomethingupistocatchitfromsomeone,likeaninfection.Soitworksforhabitsandaccents.Yourfeelingisright-itdoesnotworkforaculture.Maybethatistoobroad.Whateverthereason,itdoesn'twork.Youcanpickupaspectsofculture-habits-likehavingasiestaordoingexercisesinthepark.Butnottheculture. Backtotop   AshrafulHaqueAshraf Posted: Sunday,November1,20203:10:16PM Rank:AdvancedMember Joined:11/5/2019Posts:265Neurons:6,798 tharwrote:Thefirsttwoaregood.Topicksomethingupistocatchitfromsomeone,likeaninfection.Soitworksforhabitsandaccents.Yourfeelingisright-itdoesnotworkforaculture.Maybethatistoobroad.Whateverthereason,itdoesn'twork.Youcanpickupaspectsofculture-habits-likehavingasiestaordoingexercisesinthepark.Butnottheculture.Soitdoesn'tnecessarilymeanthatyoulearnsomethingintentionallyfromsomeone.Youlearnitwithoutanyconsciouseffort. Backtotop   Romany Posted: Monday,November2,20205:44:01AM Rank:AdvancedMember Joined:6/14/2009Posts:18,351Neurons:59,731Location:Brighton,England,UnitedKingdom Exactly!"Won'tbeatworktomorrow.I'vepickedupsome[kindof]virus."isanaturalthingtosay. Backtotop   AshrafulHaqueAshraf Posted: Wednesday,November4,202012:34:47PM Rank:AdvancedMember Joined:11/5/2019Posts:265Neurons:6,798 Romanywrote:Exactly!"Won'tbeatworktomorrow.I'vepickedupsome[kindof]virus."isanaturalthingtosay.OneofmyfriendsplayedatrickonmeandsinceI'mtheonewhousuallydoesthatsortofthingIsaid:"You'vepickeditupfromme."Iwonderifitwasanaturalthingtosay. Backtotop   Romany Posted: Wednesday,November4,20201:04:41PM Rank:AdvancedMember Joined:6/14/2009Posts:18,351Neurons:59,731Location:Brighton,England,UnitedKingdom Andyouwereperfectlycorrecttosayso,itwascontextuallyright.Goodgoing! Backtotop   AshrafulHaqueAshraf Posted: Friday,November6,20203:06:30PM Rank:AdvancedMember Joined:11/5/2019Posts:265Neurons:6,798 Romanywrote:Andyouwereperfectlycorrecttosayso,itwascontextuallyright.Goodgoing!Thankyousomuch. Backtotop   Usersbrowsingthistopic Guest TheFreeDictionaryLanguageForums » English » EnglishGrammar » Pickupahabit. ForumJump TheFreeDictionary -SiteFeatures -FarlexApps English -EnglishVocabulary -EnglishGrammar -Literature -Politics -ScienceandTechnology -KnowledgeandCulture -PhilosophyandReligion -Medicine -BusinessandFinance -Legal -Games -TheFreeDictionaryDailyFeed ---WordoftheDay ---IdiomoftheDay ---ArticleoftheDay ---DailyGrammarLesson ---WordTrivia ---QuoteoftheDay ---Today'sBirthday ---ThisDayinHistory ---Today'sHoliday ---IntheNews Español/Spanish -Vocabulariodelidiomaespañol -Gramáticadelidiomaespañol -Culturadelmundohispanohablante -Español-Inglés,English-Spanish -Traducciones:españolyotrosidiomas Deutsch/German -DeutscherWortschatz -DeutscheGrammatik -DeutscheKultur -Deutsch-Englisch,English-German -ÜbersetzungenvomDeutscheninandereSprachen Français/French -Vocabulairefrançais -Grammairefrançaise -Culturefrançaise -Français-anglais,English-French -Traductions:françaisetautreslangues Italiano/Italian -Vocabolarioitaliano -Grammaticaitaliana -Culturaitaliana -Italiano-Inglese,English-Italian -Traduzioni:Italianoealtrelingue Português/Portuguese -VocabulárioemPortuguês -GramáticadoPortuguês -CulturaemPortuguês -Português-Inglês,English-Portuguese -Traduções:Portuguêseoutrosidiomas Otherlanguages -Arabic/العربية -Chinese/中文 -Danish/Dansk -Dutch/Nederlands -Esperanto -Greek/Ελληνική -Hebrew/עִבְרִית -Hindi/हिन्दी -Japanese/日本語 -Korean/한국어 -Latin/LinguaLatina -Norwegian/Norsk -Polish/Polski -Russian/Русский -Turkish/Türkçe -Allotherlanguages Youcannotpostnewtopicsinthisforum. Youcannotreplytotopicsinthisforum. Youcannotdeleteyourpostsinthisforum. Youcannotedityourpostsinthisforum. Youcannotcreatepollsinthisforum. Youcannotvoteinpollsinthisforum. Printthistopic Emailthistopic RSSFeed Watchthistopic Normal Threaded