Bring - Take Fetch

“Bring” implies movement towards (→) the speaker. “Bring” is ‘to have something or someone with you when you come to a place or person’, bring – brought – brought — bringinge.g. Will you please bring some apples when you come home? [i.e. the speaker is at home and the listener is somewhere else]“Take”, in this context, implies movement away ( ↑ ) from the speaker. “Take” is ‘to have something or someone with you when you go to a place or person’, take – took – taken – taking e.g.Will you please take some apples when you go home? [i.e....
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"Bring" - "Take" "Fetch" Bring - Take - Fetch“Bring” implies movement towards (→) the speaker.“Bring” is ‘to have something or someone with you when youcome to a place or person’,bring – brought – brought — bringinge.g.Will you please bring some apples when you come home?[i.e. the speaker is at home and the listener is somewhere else] “Take”, in this context, implies movement away( ↑ ) from the speaker.“Take” is ‘to have something or someone with you when you goto a place or person’,take – took – taken – takinge.g.Will you please take some apples when you go home?[i.e. the speaker and the listener are not at home] “Fetch” implies movement first away from thespeaker and again back (↔) to the speaker.“Fetch” is ‘to go (to a certain place) get or find something orsomeone, and bring them back (with you to the speaker)’,fetch – fetched – fetched – fetchinge.g.Will you please fetch me my bag from the other room?[i.e. the speaker and the listener are in one room, and now thelistener must go to the other room where the bag is, find it andbring it back to the speaker]Common Errors:1.The new manager is trying to bring changes in our office.[wrong]The new manager is trying to bring about changes in ouroffice. [right]2.The factory’s export division brings a lot of foreign exchange.[wrong]The factory’s export division brings in a lot of foreignexchange. [right]3.She isn’t attending the English course because she is bringingup her brother. [wrong]She isn’t attending the English course because she is lookingafter her brother. [right]