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Bring v Take

27-02-2017 11:38PM

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kleefarr

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Might help a few people.
I notice lots getting it wrong.

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/bring-vs-take

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#2 28-02-2017 09:37AM

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Interesting point, though I do feel that the way 'bring' is used colloquially in Ireland is so firmly and long established that it is a legitimate use.

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#3 09-05-2017 01:50PM

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' bring: Partially distinguished from take according to movement towards the speaker ((bring), or away from or accompanying the speaker take:eg take your raincoat with you and bring me a newspaper from the corner shop.
There many circumstances, however, in which this simple distinction does not apply: eg if we are going to the zoo shall we bring/take the camera?

Fowler's Modern English Usage (3rd ed.1997)

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