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HUBLOT Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Get someone down the stairs
Hi teachers,
Is it correct to say "take someone down the stairs" to mean "get someone down the stairs"?
Is it correct to say "take someone down the stairs" to mean "get someone down the stairs"?
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similar to taking him downstairs; taking itself refers to the "act". "got" is more towards the result. In the end, he's downstairs.
- similar to taking him downstairs; taking itself refers to the "act".
- "got" is more towards the result.
- In the end, he's downstairs.
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similar to taking him downstairs; taking itself refers to the "act". "got" is more towards the result. In the end, he's downstairs.
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HUBLOTIs it correct to say "take someone down the stairs" to mean "get someone down the stairs"?Yes. They are more or less the same, but the version with "get" suggests success in taking someone down the stairs when the act of taking them down the stairs was not necessarily guaranteed to be successful. In other words, "get" (but not "take") suggests
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