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Ljswave Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Would you please explain about what the difference of nuance between 1 and 2?

#1- I'm gonna get you home.
2- I'm gonna take you home.
  

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2- I'm gonna take you home. I am personally going to escort you home. I will go to your home with you.

— Canadian45

  • 2- I'm gonna take you home.
  • I am personally going to escort you home.
  • I will go to your home with you.
  • #1- I'm gonna get you home.
  • I will make the arrangements needed to have you arrive at your home.
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2- I'm gonna take you home. I am personally going to escort you home. I will go to your home with you.
#1- I'm gonna get you home. I will make the arrangements needed to have you arrive at your home. But I won't go to your home with you.
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canadian45#1- I'm gonna get you home. I will make the arrangements needed to have you arrive at your home. But I won't go to your home with you.
Not necessarily. One could get others home by personally taking them there.
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Anonymous Not necessarily. One could get others home by personally taking them there.
Then they should finally say 'I'm going to take you home.' (if other arrangements fail)
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AnonymousOne could get others home by personally taking them there.
I agree. It is quite commonly used with this meaning in British English.
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canadian45Then they should finally say 'I'm going to take you home.' (if other arrangements fail)
Possibly in your variety of English; not in mine.
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fivejedjoncanadian45Then they should finally say 'I'm going to take you home.' (if other arrangements fail)Possibly in your variety of English; not in mine.
So then how does the person know if someone is going to take them home or just get them home?
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We use some other expression such as 'Fred is going to take you home'; 'I'll get Fred to take you home'; 'I'll see that somebody takes/gets you home', etc.
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fivejedjonWe use some other expression such as 'Fred is going to take you home'; 'I'll get Fred to take you home'; 'I'll see that somebody takes/gets you home', etc.
But remember that the original choice is between 'I'm gonna get,...' and 'I'm gonna take.....'. You're now using very different sentences.
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canadian45 fivejedjonWe use some other expression such as 'Fred is going to take you home'; 'I'll get Fred to take you home'; 'I'll see that somebody takes/gets you home', etc.But remember that the original choice is between 'I'm gonna get,...' and 'I'm gonna take.....'. You're now using very different sentences.
You asked, "So then how does the person know if
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fivejedjonWe cannot tell precisely what is meant if we say merely, "I am going to get you home", though I would assume that it meant the same as, "I am going to take you home".
Then the obvious decision is just to say the "take" sentence, and there would be no need to assume anything.
And if you are not going to "take", use the "get" sentence. It's all ver
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