Give "Bring" a Chance
Jan 18, 2024 08:15:50 #
twowindsbear wrote:
Where's 'give?' I'm fairly sure 'give' is feeling quite neglected by now.
Most people prefer to take than to give.
Jan 18, 2024 08:24:33 #
I love reading explanations from so-called lexicographers--just get thee to a dictionary.
Jan 18, 2024 08:32:17 #
I have never heard anyone say...take me a piece of cake...or anything like that.
I grew up in jersey...and they expanded Bring to three words usually...especially at work.
It went like this...'Hey Arsehole...bring'.
I grew up in jersey...and they expanded Bring to three words usually...especially at work.
It went like this...'Hey Arsehole...bring'.
Jan 18, 2024 08:57:22 #
jerryc41 wrote:
How about "you're inside now, you can take your coat off" or "take this job and shove it".Poor "bring." It's the illegitimate chi... (show quote)
Jan 18, 2024 09:17:10 #
EdJ0307 wrote:
How about "you're inside now, you can take your coat off" or "take this job and shove it".
Good examples, as long as the coat doesn't have to travel far. "Take your coat off and bring it to the coat room on the seventh floor."
Jan 18, 2024 09:33:45 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Poor "bring." It's the illegitimate chi... (show quote)
"Take one of these and bring it home." If two people are together in a store it can be stated as, "Take one of these home." If two are conversing via phone, one in a store and the other at home, it could be stated, "Bring one of those home."
Jan 18, 2024 09:38:28 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
"Take one of these and bring it home." If two people are together in a store it can be stated as, "Take one of these home." If two are conversing via phone, one in a store and the other at home, it could be stated, "Bring one of those home."
"Take one of these home." No
"Bring one of those home." Yes
Jan 18, 2024 10:03:15 #
Jan 18, 2024 10:54:25 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Poor "bring." It's the illegitimate chi... (show quote)
Wrong. “Take” has more than one definition and one if them is to move something from one location to another. It’s all perspective. If I’m having a party I might say “bring” the cake. If the party is over and there’s leftover cake I would say “take” the cake home with you.
Jan 18, 2024 11:13:29 #
Jan 18, 2024 11:19:11 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
Humans are quick to accept imprecision in many things, including speech.
Jan 18, 2024 11:20:59 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
Wrong. “Take” has more than one definition and one if them is to move something from one location to another. It’s all perspective. If I’m having a party I might say “bring” the cake. If the party is over and there’s leftover cake I would say “take” the cake home with you.
Perspective is like opinion. In my opinion, the earth is flat, and men never landed on the moon. 🤣
Jan 18, 2024 12:52:58 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Perspective is like opinion. In my opinion, the earth is flat, and men never landed on the moon. 🤣
So it pretty much matches your opinion on “take”.
Jan 18, 2024 13:05:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Humans are quick to accept imprecision in many things, including speech.
I live when you point out the fallacy in someone’s position and they dig in their heels. What makes you the authority that determined “take” has one meaning. Some dictionaries have as many as 34 definitions for it. From the Cambridge dictionary:
to get and carry something with you when you go somewhere
Jan 18, 2024 13:10:11 #
I don’t know if I am amused or exasperated at these comments. Folks are bringing them here for me to elicit my take on them. I am adding this post to my much ado about nothing file.
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