Bring someone to do something

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I don't think I can bring you to see things in my shoes.[From my English grammar book in Korean]I'd like to know why it is "see," not "seeing"Thank you in advance for your help.

GPY · Accepted Answer

It's just a weird sentence. Is there more context?

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for yet another so very helpful answer from you.

Is there more context?

It's just a short sentence, one among other examples, showing the usages for the verb "bring."

GPY · Answer

If you "bring someone to see something", it means you lead them or accompany them to a place where they can see it or you can show it to them. However, as an example, your sentence is too odd to bother with. A more sensible example: (at the zoo) "I've brought my kids to see the elephants".

"bring someone to seeing something" is not possible in any context that I can think of.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for your continuing support.

I was such a fool; I was only thinking of the structure "bring something to something."

Mister Micawber · Answer

park sang joon I can bring you to see things in my shoes.

For me, 'bring someone to do' is fine, but 'see something in one's shoes' is odd.

These definitions are appropriate:

5.to cause to appear or occur in the mind; evoke or recall: The letter brought her memories of youth.
6.to persuade, convince, compel, or induce: She couldn't bring herself to sell the painting.

'In one's shoes' is an idiom out of place here, since the idea is 'standing or walking in another's shoes' but 'seeing through another's eyes.'

GPY · Answer

Mister Micawberbut 'seeing through another's eyes.'

I think you may be right. Perhaps the sentence was supposed to mean something like "I don't think I can persuade you to see things my way", and it all got a bit mixed up.

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