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Rdep01 Posted 19 years ago
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is bringing / is bringing over -- have / do have

0Hello everybody 05002br
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00Please can you tell me the difference between :02br
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00"Liz is bringing fudge 01i01b00over02b02i00" and "Liz is bringing fudge"02br
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00"Some people 01i01b00do02b02i00 have leftover fudge" and "Some people have leftover fudge"02br
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00Thanks 051010id111id1
  

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0Happy new year to you too, Rdep0102br 02br 00Adding "over" just shows that she's bringing it to where you are. "02br 02br 00The "do" adds emphasis. 0-

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  • 0Happy new year to you too, Rdep0102br 02br 00Adding "over" just shows that she's bringing it to where you are.
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0Happy new year to you too, Rdep0102br
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00Adding "over" just shows that she's bringing it to where you are. If you and Liz were both attending a party being held somewhere else, you wouldn't say "over."02br
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00The "do" adds emphasis. Perhaps someone has expressed surprise that anyone would have leftover fudge (I know there wouldn't be any in MY hou
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0Thank you ! 05001blockquote
01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Adding "over" just shows that she's bringing it to where you are. If you and Liz were both attending a party being held somewhere else, you wouldn't say "over."12blockquote
10ok, there is an idea of "across" in "over"01blockquote
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0No, there's no meaning of across. Your neighbor next door could bring something over.02br
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00A brownie is more of a cake - it will have flour and eggs. Fudge is pure candy. You can have nuts in either brownies or fudge. Fudge also comes in a variety of flavors - you can have vanilla, peanut butter, maple, even pistachio, but brownies are chocolate. (Blondies are "browni
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Adding "over" just shows that she's bringing it to where you are. If you and Liz were both attending a party being held somewhere else, you wouldn't say "over."12blockquote
10I mean, "over" doesn't mean "across", but there's a small idea of "across" in "over", like in Longman dictionary
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0And now I really want some fudge! 050010id37
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10And now I really want some fudge! 15012blockquote
10Guess what I'm eating just now. 05102br
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