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Alex+ Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

get vs bring / take

0 My English teacher says that ordering something in a restaurant we shouldn't use "take" and "bring". Instead of them we should use "get".02br
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00ex. I'll get the steak. not I'll take the steak.02br
00 Can I get another bottle of water? not Can you bring another bottle of water?02br
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00Could you explain to me why "take" and "bring" shouldn't be used?0-
  

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02br 01b 00I will have to disagree with your English teacher, if I understand your problem aright. 02i 02br 00To the waiter: 01i 00Can I get/have another bottle of water? 02i 00 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 01b 00I will have to disagree with your English teacher, if I understand your problem aright.
  • 02i 02br 00To the waiter: 01i 00Can I get/have another bottle of water?
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00To one's fellow guest: 01i00I'll get/have the steak, I think02i00.02br
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0 Thank you very much, Mister Micawber, for you reply. I've been on holiday for two weeks so I could read your reply only today. 02br
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001. Could you explain the difference between "I'll take the steak." and " I'll get the steak."02br
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002. My teacher says that we shouldn't use "bring" in a restaurant because it doesn't sound polite. 0-
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00I-- No difference; they are merely two ways to order or consider ordering the steak.02br
002-- Ridiculous! At least in AmE or BrE it is fine. To what regional English is your teacher referring?0-
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0they all sound ok to me but not the most common way of expressing this, which is 'have'. the most polite versions are shown first but the second are also acceptable. I must say I think 'take' is unusual in British English but they would understand it.02br
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00Can I have the steak please. I'll have the steak.02br
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00Can I have another bottle of wate
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0My teacher teaches us British English or rather the English language she knows. But what I know exactly we use British book 05002br
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00Nona, you wite 1. "the most polite versions are shown first but the second are also acceptable."02br
00Do you mean that "get" is most polite than "take" or "bring"?02br
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002. "I must say I think 'tak
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Actually, shouldn't it be "May I have the steak please?:"
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Alex+Could you explain to me why "take" and "bring" shouldn't be used?
I think your teacher is saying that it's not polite to use too many imperatives, like Bring me a steak!
Can/Could you (please) bring me another bottle of water? does not seem impolite to me, however -- although you might say I'd like another bottle of water, please.
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Anonymousshouldn't it be "May I have the steak please?
Also possible, but (This is just my opinion) it tends toward the pusillanimous. What if the waiter says, "No, I don't think you deserve the steak"?
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like to know is it grammatically correct to write i brought some cake with me?

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