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Ice2007 Posted 19 years ago
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Pick you up or pick up you?

Please go to our office directly, and wait us at *** station. My colleague Helen will pick you up or pick up you over there, then bring you to our office.



  

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Ice2007Please go to our office directly, and wait for us at *** station. My colleague Helen will pick you up or pick up you over there, then bring you to our office.




I would be confused - you are saying go to the office and also wai
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Feebs11
Ice2007
Please go to our office directly, and wait for us at *** station. My colleague Helen will pick you up or pick up you over there, then bring you to our office.





I would be confused - you are saying go to the office and also wait at the stat
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Ice2007Please go to our office directly, and wait us at *** station. My colleague Helen will pick you up or pick up you over there, then bring you to our office.

then take you to our office.

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Yoong Liat
Ice2007Please go to our office directly, and wait us at *** station. My colleague Helen will pick you up or pick up you over there, then bring you to our office.
then take you to our office.

Actually, in this context I think bring is right. The
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Feebs11
Yoong Liat
Ice2007
Please go to our office directly, and wait us at *** station. My colleague Helen will pick you up or pick up you over there, then bring you to our office.

then take you to our office.

Actually, in this context I think bring is right. The person is b
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I agree with Feebs. This has to do with perspective. The original sentence talks about 'you' and 'our office'. The perspective is that 'you' will come to (toward) 'us', and that would be 'bring'. Using 'take' would have the perspective of 'away from us':

Bring something to us. (The direction is toward the speaker.)
Take something to them. (The direction is away fro
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YankeeI agree with Feebs. This has to do with perspective. The original sentence talks about 'you' and 'our office'. The perspective is that 'you' will come to (toward) 'us', and that would be 'bring'. Using 'take' would have the perspective of 'away from us':

Bring something to us. (The direction is toward the speaker.)
Take something to them.
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Sorry, I still do not agree. If I was sending this information to a customer, "xxxx will pick you up at the station and bring you to the office" is the obvious and logical phrase.

If the meeting was elsewhere, then "*** will pick you up at the station and take you to the xxxx Conference Centre where we will be pleased to see you."
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