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Prple Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

bring home?

Is the following sentence right?
"Can you give him a new speeling sheet which he can bring home?"

thanks!
  

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No, unless he and the speaker live at the same address. Otherwise, you should use take .

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No, unless he and the speaker live at the same address. Otherwise, you should use take.
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Hi, i am very poor in drafting as well as speaking english, how to improve?
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ok! thanks, yes the speaker and he live at the same address! Emotion: wink
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Thank you, today I had a conversation, someone told me something so that I responded the following: "He did not bring them home", would'nt it have been better to respond "He did not take it home" ? What is more common?
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Please note: spelling, not speeling.

"Bring" and "take" are more flexible than many English grammar books suggest. If you think about it coming toward you or to wear you usually live, you can use bring. If you think about him leaving school and heading to a specific destination, you can use take.

I can tell you that it's pretty common to have a conversation like this in my home:
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Grammar Geek"Bring" and "take" are more flexible than many English grammar books suggest.
Hear, hear! or Here, here! whichever it is.
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Thanksss! Can I also say:

"Today is my birthday party"
"Can I bring my girlfriend with me?"

And it is: "Bring it downstairs, please"?
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PrpleThanksss! Can I also say:"Today is my birthday party""Can I bring my girlfriend with me?"And it is: "Bring it downstairs, please"?
All OK.

Usually,

if you are downstairs and the other person is upstairs, say

Bring it downstairs, please.

If you are upstairs and the other person is downstairs, say

Bring
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Without disagreeing with the above, you can even use "bring" if you are both upstaris in a situation in which you are about to go downstairs. Downstairs is where the big TV is, where you both plan to watch the big game. You're in the kitchen with me and I hand you a plate of snacks. "Bring this downstairs with you, please, and I'll bring the drinks."
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Grammar GeekBring this downstairs with you
And yet, I've been corrected for saying this kind of thing (in that context) on more than one occasion.

But I still say it anyway!
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