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we have a meeting with our customers and I have to take the minutes of the meeting.
but can I say the sentences below to express I take the minutes of the meeting?
1. "I have to record the content of the meeting" or;
2. "I have to keep the content of the meeting"
They really sounds wierd to me, but the word "record" or "keep" both have the meaning of writing something down in the paper. Could anyone help to tell whether they are native English expression?



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  • Other than ‘taking the minutes’ of the meeting, it is not uncommon to write more informally of ‘taking/making a note of the meeting’. I have never come across the two expressions you mentioned. Why are you looking for an alternative to ‘minutes’?

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  • You could say "I have to keep record of the content of the meeting."

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we have a meeting with our customers and I have to take the minutes of the meeting.
but can I say the sentences below to express I take the minutes of the meeting?
1. "I have to record the content of the meeting" or;
2. "I have to keep the content of the meeting"
They really sounds wierd to me, but the word "record" or "keep" both have the meaning of writing something down in the paper. Could anyone help to tell whether they are native English expression?



Thank you very much!






word-choice word-usage expression-choice







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  • Other than ‘taking the minutes’ of the meeting, it is not uncommon to write more informally of ‘taking/making a note of the meeting’. I have never come across the two expressions you mentioned. Why are you looking for an alternative to ‘minutes’?

    – Tuffy
    9 hours ago











  • You could say "I have to keep record of the content of the meeting."

    – michael.hor257k
    6 hours ago














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we have a meeting with our customers and I have to take the minutes of the meeting.
but can I say the sentences below to express I take the minutes of the meeting?
1. "I have to record the content of the meeting" or;
2. "I have to keep the content of the meeting"
They really sounds wierd to me, but the word "record" or "keep" both have the meaning of writing something down in the paper. Could anyone help to tell whether they are native English expression?



Thank you very much!






word-choice word-usage expression-choice







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we have a meeting with our customers and I have to take the minutes of the meeting.
but can I say the sentences below to express I take the minutes of the meeting?
1. "I have to record the content of the meeting" or;
2. "I have to keep the content of the meeting"
They really sounds wierd to me, but the word "record" or "keep" both have the meaning of writing something down in the paper. Could anyone help to tell whether they are native English expression?



Thank you very much!






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  • Other than ‘taking the minutes’ of the meeting, it is not uncommon to write more informally of ‘taking/making a note of the meeting’. I have never come across the two expressions you mentioned. Why are you looking for an alternative to ‘minutes’?

    – Tuffy
    9 hours ago











  • You could say "I have to keep record of the content of the meeting."

    – michael.hor257k
    6 hours ago



















  • Other than ‘taking the minutes’ of the meeting, it is not uncommon to write more informally of ‘taking/making a note of the meeting’. I have never come across the two expressions you mentioned. Why are you looking for an alternative to ‘minutes’?

    – Tuffy
    9 hours ago











  • You could say "I have to keep record of the content of the meeting."

    – michael.hor257k
    6 hours ago

















Other than ‘taking the minutes’ of the meeting, it is not uncommon to write more informally of ‘taking/making a note of the meeting’. I have never come across the two expressions you mentioned. Why are you looking for an alternative to ‘minutes’?

– Tuffy
9 hours ago





Other than ‘taking the minutes’ of the meeting, it is not uncommon to write more informally of ‘taking/making a note of the meeting’. I have never come across the two expressions you mentioned. Why are you looking for an alternative to ‘minutes’?

– Tuffy
9 hours ago













You could say "I have to keep record of the content of the meeting."

– michael.hor257k
6 hours ago





You could say "I have to keep record of the content of the meeting."

– michael.hor257k
6 hours ago










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'Keep' does not mean to write down. It means to retain. That's very different from 'record', which usually does mean to 'write down', although in this electronic age there are lots of variants of 'writing down'.



Let's say you get invited to a function such as a wedding. You receive a written invitation in the mail. If you say:




I'm going to record the invitation




then you write down the fact that you received the invitation, and some details of it. You can then throw away the actual invitation card.



If you say




I'm going to keep the invitation




then you retain the invitation card.



Both of the two sentences you propose are correct and make sense. "Record" is probably the best here, because it does mean to write down what you hear.






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    'Keep' does not mean to write down. It means to retain. That's very different from 'record', which usually does mean to 'write down', although in this electronic age there are lots of variants of 'writing down'.



    Let's say you get invited to a function such as a wedding. You receive a written invitation in the mail. If you say:




    I'm going to record the invitation




    then you write down the fact that you received the invitation, and some details of it. You can then throw away the actual invitation card.



    If you say




    I'm going to keep the invitation




    then you retain the invitation card.



    Both of the two sentences you propose are correct and make sense. "Record" is probably the best here, because it does mean to write down what you hear.






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      'Keep' does not mean to write down. It means to retain. That's very different from 'record', which usually does mean to 'write down', although in this electronic age there are lots of variants of 'writing down'.



      Let's say you get invited to a function such as a wedding. You receive a written invitation in the mail. If you say:




      I'm going to record the invitation




      then you write down the fact that you received the invitation, and some details of it. You can then throw away the actual invitation card.



      If you say




      I'm going to keep the invitation




      then you retain the invitation card.



      Both of the two sentences you propose are correct and make sense. "Record" is probably the best here, because it does mean to write down what you hear.






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        'Keep' does not mean to write down. It means to retain. That's very different from 'record', which usually does mean to 'write down', although in this electronic age there are lots of variants of 'writing down'.



        Let's say you get invited to a function such as a wedding. You receive a written invitation in the mail. If you say:




        I'm going to record the invitation




        then you write down the fact that you received the invitation, and some details of it. You can then throw away the actual invitation card.



        If you say




        I'm going to keep the invitation




        then you retain the invitation card.



        Both of the two sentences you propose are correct and make sense. "Record" is probably the best here, because it does mean to write down what you hear.






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        'Keep' does not mean to write down. It means to retain. That's very different from 'record', which usually does mean to 'write down', although in this electronic age there are lots of variants of 'writing down'.



        Let's say you get invited to a function such as a wedding. You receive a written invitation in the mail. If you say:




        I'm going to record the invitation




        then you write down the fact that you received the invitation, and some details of it. You can then throw away the actual invitation card.



        If you say




        I'm going to keep the invitation




        then you retain the invitation card.



        Both of the two sentences you propose are correct and make sense. "Record" is probably the best here, because it does mean to write down what you hear.







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