askeladd
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
Posts: 89
Location: Chicago area, USA
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 Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:12 am Post subject: Re: take over |
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| gusthuber wrote: |
Tom is very busy. His activities take over so many hours.
His activities take so many hours.
Are both `take�and `take over�correct? |
No, you shouldn't use "take over" as in your first sentence. Here, take over is a phrasal verb that means "take control":
Mr. Jones is resigning from the project. Mr. Smith will take over starting next Monday.
If you use take over in the context of time, it is to show that an activity, trip, etc. went longer than a specific time frame:
It took us over three hours to hike up the mountain.
Your second example sentence is fine 
Hope this helps 
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