lucas21c Can you bring my brother from school? Do you mean " Can you get / take/ bring my brother home from school " ? as used.
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lucas21cCan you bring my brother from school?Do you mean " Can you get / take/ bring my brother home from school " ? . No article is needed.as used.
grammarfreakDo you mean " Can you get / take/ bring my brother home from school " ? .How do we know the brother is to be brought home? The speaker could be asking someone to bring his brother to, for example a park. Provided the destination is known, the original sentence is fine.
fivejedjonHow do we know the brother is to be brought home? The speaker could be asking someone to bring his brother to, for example a park.To me the original sentence is missing something that made it sound off. Can you bring my brother from school ? To where ?Syntactically, I feel a destination is
tamguatlayThe sentence is OK.No, it really isn't. Only dogs fetch. If you speak to a human, it is insulting.
lucas21cCan you fetch my brother home from school?I'd say that the use of the verb "fetch" is relatively rare in American English. I'd substitute "bring" in this sentence.