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Sun 1 Jun, 2014 09:39 pm
In the following examples, the speaker means to bring up a topic:
Context:
1) You can broach the subject to her.
2) I would like to broach the subject to her.
@oristarA,
You mean to say, "
is the word 'broach' still in use?"
Yes it is.
But it's used extremely rarely.
@InfraBlue,
InfraBlue wrote:
You mean to say, "is the word 'broach' still in use?"
Yes it is.
Typo. Thanks for correcting.
Got it.
@MontereyJack,
Quote:But it's used extremely rarely.
It's not so rare.
Also, I would say "broach the subject WITH someone".
@MontereyJack,
MontereyJack wrote:
But it's used extremely rarely.
In the UK it is in quite common usage.
@Lordyaswas,
It's common in the United States, too.
In particular, i like broached eggs for breakfast.
@Setanta,
My Nan had a diamond broach. It was at least two carrots.
I'll bet she looked radishing in it, too . . .
@Setanta,
Yep, when it came to bling, she certainly knew her onions.
I broach a lot of subjects from my own angles on them.
This is quite common, that at do that.
@Lordyaswas,
I'll bet she was a woman of discriminating taste, who didn't stew about what others thought.
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