Talk:take upon oneself

take upon
I think this is only used reflexively, as to take upon oneself. When used non-reflexively, don't people say "take on"; that meaning is already documented under take on. Kiwima (talk) 02:57, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * RFV maybe? I agree but I think we should try to cite 'take upon' without a reflexive pronoun. I can't imagine it though: "he took it up his mother to finish the task". Nah! Renard Migrant (talk) 11:21, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I tried to cite non-reflexive usage using COCA. I found three instances that do not have -self forms as the object, but they are nonetheless reflexive. DCDuring TALK 10:00, 27 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Assuming there are no attestations of non-reflexive use, what about a hard redirect to take upon oneself? For the record, Macmillan has this, having an example sentence with "ourselves". The form "take upon onself" is found in Collins. Some searches:, . --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:59, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I say redirect to take upon oneself, and keep redirected until someone provides quotations showing non-reflexive use. Any other boldfaced stances? --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:14, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Redirected to take upon oneself. bd2412 T 15:09, 28 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Just to offer my late 2c since this discussion saw so little input: I agree with Dan, and with what bd has done: redirect until and unless non-reflexive use is found to be attested. - -sche (discuss) 00:20, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I appreciate the comment. bd2412 T 00:53, 3 October 2015 (UTC)