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I took a project vs I took up a project

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I took a project' is used when referring to simply accepting or acquiring a project. 'I took up a project' is used when emphasizing the beginning or initiation of a project.

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Last updated: December 30, 2024 • 7716 views

I took a project

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to accepting or acquiring a project.

This phrase is used to indicate that you have accepted or acquired a project. It is a simple way to express involvement in a project.

Examples:

I took a project from the client last week.
She took a project that was challenging but rewarding.
He took a project that required a lot of research.

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Last updated: November 23, 2024

Dec 15, 2023 ... I took a project management academy boot camp at the end of October and I don't recommend. My company also paid for it and I felt like it ...
Mar 28, 2022 ... Last semester I took a Project Management class and loved it. I was the project manager for our Give Back project that we did (did a item ...
Aug 1, 2022 ... ... I took a project that isn't even really ours and we've done everything we can to make sure it's there for race day - just because we don't ...
Dec 1, 2015 ... I took a project I did for a programming course I'm taking, I managed to build it, but when I tried to run it the CLion just freezes.
Feb 14, 2018 ... I took a project database with about 300 different projects and reduced it to 5 different databases, one for each year for the past 5 years.
May 29, 2022 ... I took a project, inserted alignment marks using identical boxes and then used those boxes to cut the project into three pieces. I saved ...
I took a project to make some customizations. However when I try to create a new item it encounters a pop up as the screenshot below.
I took a project that I already loved, and made it even better this year. It's never boring around here, that's for sure! I made it my own with these ...
Nov 5, 2017 ... Last weekend I took a project to build myself a nice Pi powered NAS. Everything worked perfectly, but as I saved my changes to /etc/fstab ...

Alternatives:

I accepted a project
I acquired a project
I got a project

I took up a project

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when emphasizing the beginning or initiation of a project.

This phrase is used to emphasize the act of starting or initiating a project. It conveys a sense of commitment or action towards the project.

Examples:

She took up a project that required her full attention.
He took up a project that was challenging but exciting.
They took up a project together to make a difference.

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Last updated: November 23, 2024

Aug 13, 2024 ... Recently I took up a project that had been idle for about 2 years, and upgraded the IDE, Maven and the mysql driver. I mention this because ...
Apr 16, 2024 ... For context, I am a freelancer and recently I took up a project to make a social media site, kind of like a stipped down version of LinkedIn ...
Nov 29, 2021 ... My interest in bubble bloomed when I took up a project recently which involved #SEO for a bubble website. There are a few things that I would ...
Mar 4, 2019 ... Hey! Recently I took up a project to put capsules into babylon.js! After seeing them in Unity(they are the default first person character) I ...
Apr 29, 2020 ... During my first postdoc, I took up a project where we needed to use computational modeling to rationally design structurally complex drug ...
Aug 29, 2022 ... ... I took up a Project Fellow position. This involved documenting the biodiversity of Kerala. While collecting literature on bryophyte taxonomy ...
Aug 12, 2024 ... On the side, I took up a project that would address a pet peeve of mine: how slow and not user-friendly Bench — Frappe's CLI management tool — ...
Sep 9, 2015 ... I took up a project a couple of years ago to develop my own 30 year aged rum. I did it without consulting anyone and created a profile that ...
Jun 20, 2011 ... It concerned discovering that my adamant pro-pleasure stance was not as solid as I had imagined it to be before I took up a project where ...
Oct 13, 2022 ... I started Shilpa's Orchards at Chirner, Ransai. I took up a project for the welfare of farmers and others associated with farming.

Alternatives:

I started a project
I initiated a project
I began a project

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