are the verbs take and get synonymous? [on hold]
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English is a foreign language for me. I have searched in some dictionaries but i do not see that they are synonymous. But i remember once i had a conversation with an American, "ok, i'll take the bag for you". then, he corrects me, "i'll get the bag for you/ i'll get you the bag." and i ask, why can't I use take? he just smile. I tried to find in COCA the same context of "i'll get you some water" but I did not find it. Maybe someone can give me some examples of 'get' with the same context of the example above.
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English is a foreign language for me. I have searched in some dictionaries but i do not see that they are synonymous. But i remember once i had a conversation with an American, "ok, i'll take the bag for you". then, he corrects me, "i'll get the bag for you/ i'll get you the bag." and i ask, why can't I use take? he just smile. I tried to find in COCA the same context of "i'll get you some water" but I did not find it. Maybe someone can give me some examples of 'get' with the same context of the example above.
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put on hold as off-topic by curiousdannii, Michael Harvey, J. Taylor, Dan Bron, Janus Bahs Jacquet Dec 9 at 14:43
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So far you’ve only provided evidence, both from your anecdote and your research, that take and give are not synonymous – what, then, makes you think they may be synonymous?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 14:45
"please get another chair". consider this example. can 'get' in this context be replaced by 'take'? I also find it in merriam webster dictionary that get might be synonymous with take. merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get
– rio
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English is a foreign language for me. I have searched in some dictionaries but i do not see that they are synonymous. But i remember once i had a conversation with an American, "ok, i'll take the bag for you". then, he corrects me, "i'll get the bag for you/ i'll get you the bag." and i ask, why can't I use take? he just smile. I tried to find in COCA the same context of "i'll get you some water" but I did not find it. Maybe someone can give me some examples of 'get' with the same context of the example above.
meaning grammar synonyms syntax collocation
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English is a foreign language for me. I have searched in some dictionaries but i do not see that they are synonymous. But i remember once i had a conversation with an American, "ok, i'll take the bag for you". then, he corrects me, "i'll get the bag for you/ i'll get you the bag." and i ask, why can't I use take? he just smile. I tried to find in COCA the same context of "i'll get you some water" but I did not find it. Maybe someone can give me some examples of 'get' with the same context of the example above.
meaning grammar synonyms syntax collocation
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put on hold as off-topic by curiousdannii, Michael Harvey, J. Taylor, Dan Bron, Janus Bahs Jacquet Dec 9 at 14:43
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put on hold as off-topic by curiousdannii, Michael Harvey, J. Taylor, Dan Bron, Janus Bahs Jacquet Dec 9 at 14:43
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So far you’ve only provided evidence, both from your anecdote and your research, that take and give are not synonymous – what, then, makes you think they may be synonymous?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 14:45
"please get another chair". consider this example. can 'get' in this context be replaced by 'take'? I also find it in merriam webster dictionary that get might be synonymous with take. merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get
– rio
2 days ago
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So far you’ve only provided evidence, both from your anecdote and your research, that take and give are not synonymous – what, then, makes you think they may be synonymous?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 14:45
"please get another chair". consider this example. can 'get' in this context be replaced by 'take'? I also find it in merriam webster dictionary that get might be synonymous with take. merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get
– rio
2 days ago
So far you’ve only provided evidence, both from your anecdote and your research, that take and give are not synonymous – what, then, makes you think they may be synonymous?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 14:45
So far you’ve only provided evidence, both from your anecdote and your research, that take and give are not synonymous – what, then, makes you think they may be synonymous?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 14:45
"please get another chair". consider this example. can 'get' in this context be replaced by 'take'? I also find it in merriam webster dictionary that get might be synonymous with take. merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get
– rio
2 days ago
"please get another chair". consider this example. can 'get' in this context be replaced by 'take'? I also find it in merriam webster dictionary that get might be synonymous with take. merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get
– rio
2 days ago
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So far you’ve only provided evidence, both from your anecdote and your research, that take and give are not synonymous – what, then, makes you think they may be synonymous?
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 9 at 14:45
"please get another chair". consider this example. can 'get' in this context be replaced by 'take'? I also find it in merriam webster dictionary that get might be synonymous with take. merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get
– rio
2 days ago