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Hi, my name is Rebecca, and today we're going
to talk about the difference between two little
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verbs,
and they are "bring" and "take".
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Now, you might be wondering that these seem to
be pretty basic verbs, so why the confusion?
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Well, there shouldn't be, but sometimes there
is, and even in fact in the country where
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I am, in Canada, sometimes there is a little
bit of confusion between these two basic verbs.
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So let's understand what the difference is,
okay?
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When you say to someone,
"Bring that to me", right?
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"Bring that book to me", you are saying,
you're asking them to bring something towards
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you, to bring something in your direction,
alright?
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So "bring" always implies, or means, in a
certain direction, in the direction of the
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speaker, alright?
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Now, the other word "take" is the opposite,
so "take" implies "away from", "take this
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away from me, I don't like the smell",
for example, okay?
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"Please take it away from me".
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So when you say "take it away", it means in
a direction away from the speaker, alright?
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So that's the main difference.
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So we see that "bring" is going towards the
speaker, "take" is away from the speaker,
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right?
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Let's look at some
other examples.
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"Please bring me a glass of water", "Could
you please bring me a glass of water", right?
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Or a teacher might say to her students, "Please
bring your essays to class tomorrow", that
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means from their home to the class, to the
place where she is, where she is speaking
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from.
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"Please bring your essays to class",
right?
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Let's look at the next one, "Please don't
forget to take your books home with you",
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"take your books home" means "take
your books away from this place", right?
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Or "Don't forget to take your gloves with
you, it's really cold outside tonight", "Don't
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forget to take your gloves with you", again,
"take your gloves and go away from the speaker",
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alright?
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Simple little lesson, but by making these
small little changes in the way you use English
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step by step,
you'll be speaking better English, alright?
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If you have any other questions, please
feel free to write to us at www.engvid.com.
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Thanks very much.
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