The right decision...

[Carol Anne]

Can anyone please explain to me the difference between making and taking a decision?

Sorry, but I was always a dunce at english!

[Quizmonster]

There is no real difference.

[Carol Anne]

Thanks quizmonster. Personally I've been a maker and not a taker. We've a new manager at work, a right madam, who if she hasn't taken the decision one minute she's making one the next.. Gawd!

[Quizmonster]

Yes, Carol, 'making' is far more commonly used than 'taking' in the decision-world. The suggestion behind the former is that one has to 'create' a set of possible selections, whereas the other suggests that the options are already 'laid out' - as if on a counter - and all you have to do is pick up the one you fancy! In the end, the processes produce the same result. Cheers