English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Do you PARTAKE IN or PARTAKE OF?
We invited them to ~partake in~ our feast (nonstandard).
We invited them to *partake of* our feast (standard).
If you partake of food or drink, you eat or drink some of it.
I will like to ~partake of~ the planning towards the conference (nonstandard).
I will like to *partake in* the planning towards the conference (standard).
If you partake in an activity, you take part in it.
You can *partake of* a little wine with us if you had *partaken in* our programme earlier today.
GAB
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