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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Bring/take

Which is correct?

I'm going to take a pie to New York. Or should it be:

I'm going to bring a pie to New York.
  

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Hi, Which is correct? Both are. I'm going to take a pie to New York.

— Clive

  • Hi, Which is correct?
  • Both are.
  • I'm going to take a pie to New York.
  • Sounds like the reader is not in New York.
  • Or should it be: I'm going to bring a pie to New York.
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Hi,

Which is correct? Both are.


I'm going to take a pie to New York. Sounds like the reader is not in New York.

Or should it be:
I'm going to bring a pie to New York. Sounds like the reader is in New York.



Clive
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If you are in Denver now and talking to a friend at lunch, you might say: When I visit my cousin

next week in New York, I'm going to give her a cake that I plan to take there.

If you are in Denver now and talking on the phone with your cousin who is in New York, you might say:

When I come to visit you next week, I'm bringing a cake that will drive you wild!
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