Difference between fetch and bring

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Hi..can ny1 tell me d diff between fetch and bring?

Non sequitur · Accepted Answer

AnonymousHi..can ny1 tell me d diff between fetch and bring?

They are pretty much the same.

Except "fetch" is typically used either in reference to dogs or, if not careful, in a derogatory and ordering kind of way.

Usually, people would say, "Can you bring me a cup of coffee?" in stead of "Can you fetch me a cup of coffee", since dogs are tought to "fetch" things. i.e. ordering

Quite possibly where the term came from, in the current connotative sense.

Hrsanei · Answer

Hi. That's very interesting you consider everything the same.

You had better do some dictionary search before making any reply to others questions.

Fetch is the same as get but different with bring.

Fetch means go and bring. So while someone is in the kitchen, you cannot tell him to fetch you a cup of coffee, because he is already there.

Fetch might not be used in formal situations but it is not derogatory at all.

Fetch is a polite way of asking someone to bring you something in British English but in American English you can only use fetch while you are talking about dogs getting something.

Longman dictionary presents the difference between bring and fetch.

(http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/bring#p008-000961939 ) You have to scroll down to get to the red box.

You can find several good examples in Longman dictionary as well

(http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/fetch_1 )

Ex. fetch me some coffee while you are up

Ex. Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school.

The above indicates that the use of fetch is not derogatory at all.

Regards

Hamid

CalifJim · Answer

hrsaneiFetch is a polite way of asking someone to bring you something in British English but in American English you can only use fetch while you are talking about dogs getting something.

This seems an accurate view of the usage of fetch in modern American English. I suspect you may find it, however, with approximately the same usage as in current British English in older American texts, and I believe it is still used more frequently in the South to this day. Personally, here in California, I don't think I've ever heard anybody use the word, and I never use it either.

CJ

Hrsanei · Answer

Thanks Jim for your reply and clarification.

The different usage of words in American and British English are sometimes makes me to have impression that these two are completely different language.

This difference puzzled me when I noticed my American friend rarely uses university and often says school instead.

Do you also say school while you are talking about university?

Thanks

CalifJim · Answer

hrsaneiDo you also say school while you are talking about university?

Sometimes, but I'm more inclined to say 'college' instead of 'university'. The university that I attended had within it several "schools" - the School of Law; the School of Music; the School of Engineering; the School of Nursing - as well as "departments" - the English Department; the Drama Department. I have no idea how the administrators decide what is a school and what is a department. Some universities have colleges within them - the College of Fine Arts.

I might ask any of these:

Where did you go to college?

Where did you go to school?

Where did you get your degree?

What university did you go to?

(Unlike the British, we don't say 'Where did you go to university?' At least I think that's what they say.)

CJ

Hrsanei · Answer

Thanks Jim.

So school has similar meaning with the second meaning of faculty.

Therefore,

School of engineering is the same as faculty of engineering. Am I right?

Thanks

Non sequitur · Answer

hrsaneiThanks Jim.
So school has similar meaning with the second meaning of faculty.
Therefore,
School of engineering is the same as faculty of engineering. Am I right?
Thanks

No.

"School of engineering" is talking about the physical school.

"Faculty of engineering" is talking about the people of the school.

Non sequitur · Answer

hrsaneiHi. That's very interesting you consider everything the same.

It's interesting that you say that, because I don't and didn't say I did.

It's more interesting that you feel the need to "correct" and/or "comment" on anything I say.

You had better do some dictionary search before making any reply to others questions.
Fetch is the same as get but different with bring.
Fetch means go and bring. So while someone is in the kitchen, you cannot tell him to fetch you a cup of coffee, because he is already there.

Not true.

You can tell the secretary to bring you a cup of coffee, when they are already in the kitchen, as you go to your desk.

Fetch might not be used in formal situations but it is not derogatory at all.

I didn't say it always was, but said it could be.

Which it could be.

"How about you go fetch me a Coke, since you feel llke being all busy?"

Fetch is a polite way of asking someone to bring you something in British English but in American English you can only use fetch while you are talking about dogs getting something.

Not true.

In American English, you can use fetch in a polite voice and you don't need to be talking to or about dogs.

Longman dictionary presents the difference between bring and fetch.
(http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/bring#p008-000961939) You have to scroll down to get to the red box.

You can find several good examples in Longman dictionary as well
(http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/fetch_1)
Ex. fetch me some coffee while you are up
Ex. Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school.
The above indicates that the use of fetch is not derogatory at all.

Those would probably be taken as rude or insensitive.

Regards
Hamid

Hrsanei · Answer

That's interesting that you do not know even the meaning of simple words.

Faculty has several meanings, one of them is what I said which is presented as the first meaning in Longman Dictionary.

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/faculty

And the second meaning does not talk about the people but just the teachers, staff are not considered as faculty.

I do not know why you insist on answering questions you have no information about.

Elementary learners of English language know the different meanings of faculty.

Why don't you refer to dictionaries when you want to answer questions you do not know?

Hrsanei · Answer

"You can tell the secretary to bring you a cup of coffee, when they are already in the kitchen, as you go to your desk."

Of course you can, but you cannot tell her to fetch a cup of coffee while she is in the kitchen.

I provided you with a link. but it seems you don't want to accept your mistake.

The difference between fetch and bring is clearly explained and they are not considered synonymous in Longman.

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/bring#p008-000961939

You had better have a look before posting.

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