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| 148836 |
What's the difference between "Get" and "Bring"?
Get me a hammer.
Can I say "Bring me a hammer"?Get means Bring. Is that right?
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| 149069 |
Re:What's the difference between
Get me a hammer is a harsher way of saying bring me a hammer. Yes, you culd say bring me a hammer if you wanted to be more polite.
Could you get..': harsh, slang and casual
'Could you bring..': Polite, nice, formal
I hope this helped you
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| 149075 |
Re:What's the difference between
With get and bring, it depends on whether you have the thing with you:
Bring the book when you come. (you have the book)
I'm going to get the book from the libray (I don't have the book)
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| 149343 |
Re:What's the difference between
hey... get doesn't mean bring. bring is more like... you bring something TO a person. so if you say: can you bring me a jacket? you are asked to bring the jacket to the asking person. but get... you can get everything... like you can get a book (but not TO somebody or somewhere) or a cold or a job...
for example if you say: i bring a job! nobody will understand you cause you actually meant that you GOT a job.
i hope it was quite understandable... :-)
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| 149344 |
Re:Re:What's the difference between
oh and it's not harsh to use get... everybody says it
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| 149345 |
Re:Re:What's the difference between
and that's not right either... if she says: can you get a book for the party? and then you already have the book (well, OR you don't have any books and need to buy one to get into the party :D
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| 149436 |
Re:Re:Re:What's the difference between
Oh my, please don't overcomplicate it Johanna. :P You'll confuse the non-English speakers.
Basically I get paid every Monday, I bring the money home.
I am going to get a book at the store. I will bring the book home.
Get it? :P (...."Get it?" simply is an expression meaning "Do you understand?" Please excuse the horrible pun. :P)
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