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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

take that book, get that book

0At my home, if I want to tell my brother to take some things of mine, how should I tell him?02br
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00Please get that book. [a book is few distance away from my brother]02br
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00Please take that book.02br
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00Please get that my pen.02br
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00Please take that my pen.02br
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00Please help me on this.0-
  

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0You need to look at the difference between 'take' and 'bring'. 0-

— Nona the brit

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0You need to look at the difference between 'take' and 'bring'. If you search on this forum you'll find lots of examples.02br
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00At the moment, you are using 'take' when you should use 'bring'.0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10You need to look at the difference between 'take' and 'bring'. If you search on this forum you'll find lots of examples.12br
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10At the moment, you are using 'take' when you should use 'bring'.12br
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10Thank you.02br
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0 Hey, Johnny, take that book beside you and bring it to me.0-
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0If you want your brother to keep the book, then use take or 'pick up'.02br
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00If you want him to give it to you, then use bring.02br
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00His distance from the book is not really relevant.02br
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00If you are both really close to the book, however, you would say 'pass me that book'.0-
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0Hi Nona, 02br
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00What about 01i00to fetch02i00?I know you will tell me look it up in the dictionary but I just want a comparison with the examples above. 02br
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0 fetch • 01b00verb02b00 01b00102b00 go for and bring back02br
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00"Johnny, can you fetch that book from the kitchen?"02br
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00"Johnny, please fetch the book from the library and take it to Grandma."0-
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0 Thanks Feebs11. 0-
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0Speaking of "fetch," that's a command or a game you play with your dog. You throw something and say "fetch." The dog goes to it, picks it up, and brings it to you. (Then you have a new game, called "Drop it... drop it... good girl. Come on, drop it... If you want me to throw that slobbery tennis ball again you will drop it right now!") 02br
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Speaking of "fetch," that's a command or a game you play with your dog. You throw something and say "fetch." The dog goes to it, picks it up, and brings it to you. (Then you have a new game, called "Drop it... drop it... good girl. Come on, drop it... If you want me to throw that slobbery tennis ball again you
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