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Taka Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Take/bring

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00 Airplanes 11b10 take 12b10 us to cities around the world. 12blockquote
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00If I use 'bring' instead of 'take' here like: 02br
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00 Airplanes 11b10 bring 12b10 us to cities around the world. 12blockquote
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0 I would say the former one sounds more natural than the latter. 0-

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0 I would say the former one sounds more natural than the latter. 0-
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0 But still the latter is natural? 0-
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0 To Taka, 02br
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00Usually the verb "bring" is followed by the preposition "from". e.g. 02br
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00i) This flight usually BRINGS tourists FROM Japan. 02br
00ii) This flight usually TAKES tourists TO Japan. 02br
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00i) Please BRING my bag FROM my room. 02br
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0 Hello Temico 02br
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00I don't like to offend you. But to me the examples below sound odd. 02br
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001) Please BRING my bag FROM my room. 12br
102) Please TAKE my bag TO my room.12blockquote
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00Google Results 02br
001a) Please bring it from me .....0 hits 02br
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0 Hello, Paco! 02br
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00the second example you've mentioned doesn't sound odd to me; you could say that in a hotel for instance: "would you please take my bag to my room?" 02br
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00For the first, I'm not so sure. I wouldn't say that, but rather "Could you please bring me the bag that's in my room?" 02br
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0 Hello Pieanne 02br
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00Yes, you are right. When you are outside of your room, you can tell to a bellboy "Bring my luggage from my room" or "Take this luggage to my room". And when you are inside of your room, you may say "Bring my luggage to this room" or "Take this luggage from here". That is, 00 and 02br
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00paco 02br
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0 Hi, 02br
00To me, they both sound natural. 02br
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00'Bring' has the sense of 'in my direction', 'take' has the sense of 'away from me'. 02br
00For this reason, 'Airplanes bring ...' suggests to me that I might be one of the people who travels to these cities, wheas 'airplanes take ...' doesn't suggest that. 02br
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00The wor
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0 To Clive. 02br
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00 I hope I've explained my opinion clearly, to my mind it's a fairly subtle distinction. 12blockquote
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00Very clear, indeed! 02br
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00So, what about 'Ariplanes bring us to the world'? Does it make sense? If I apply your theory, does it imply that the speaker is already in
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0 To Taka, 02br
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00Is there any difference between the following two sentences? 02br
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00a) Please BRING your dog TO me for a checkup. 02br
00b) Please BRING me TO the restaurant for dinner. 02br
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00The construct of both sentences is the same, but are they both correct? If not, can you please tell me why? Thanks.
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0 Hi Taka, 02br
00'Airplanes bring us to the world' 02br
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00To me, this sentence is clumsy, probably because the airplanes and 'us' are already in the world. I'd reword it something like 02br
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00'Airplanes bring us to (all) the cities of the world' or perhaps '.. to (all) the countries of the world'. 02br
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