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I left my bag in my friend's room. How do I ask for it
Can you bring it tommorow ? OR Can you get it tomorrow?
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I left my bag in my friend's room. How do I ask for it
Can you bring it tommorow ? OR Can you get it tomorrow?
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I left my bag in my friend's room. How do I ask for it
Can you bring it tommorow ? OR Can you get it tomorrow?
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Who are you asking? What are you asking them to do? Who's coming to whom? Your question lacks specifics of the context.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
Who are you asking? What are you asking them to do? Who's coming to whom? Your question lacks specifics of the context.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
Who are you asking? What are you asking them to do? Who's coming to whom? Your question lacks specifics of the context.
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Can you bring my bag tomorrow?
Bring implies that someone is already in a place where they can pick up the bag. It doesn't necessarily mean the person asking wants to possess the bag, though; it might mean that the bag is required for some activity. But it probably means the latter. The key notion is expressed by the first and main definition of bring: to carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place. This says nothing about "fetch" or "get" (which are different ideas).
Can you get my bag tomorrow?
Get implies that the person is somewhere else and would have to make a trip to the bag's location in order to pick it up. Get also makes no guarantee that the person asking is even interested in having the bag. It might mean that the person asking wants the person being asked to have the bag, or simply to remove it from wherever it currently is (e.g., in case it might be stolen or removed by another party). See definition 2 of get at TFD Online to go after and obtain.
Note that this isn't always true. Language can be imprecise, and people can use bring and get interchangeably in either case, and the communication would be understood. And to be fair, get has an additional definition of "to go after and bring" (e.g., "Get me a glass of water, please"). But careful speakers would be more likely to use the verbs in the way I have described them above.
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Can you bring my bag tomorrow?
Bring implies that someone is already in a place where they can pick up the bag. It doesn't necessarily mean the person asking wants to possess the bag, though; it might mean that the bag is required for some activity. But it probably means the latter. The key notion is expressed by the first and main definition of bring: to carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place. This says nothing about "fetch" or "get" (which are different ideas).
Can you get my bag tomorrow?
Get implies that the person is somewhere else and would have to make a trip to the bag's location in order to pick it up. Get also makes no guarantee that the person asking is even interested in having the bag. It might mean that the person asking wants the person being asked to have the bag, or simply to remove it from wherever it currently is (e.g., in case it might be stolen or removed by another party). See definition 2 of get at TFD Online to go after and obtain.
Note that this isn't always true. Language can be imprecise, and people can use bring and get interchangeably in either case, and the communication would be understood. And to be fair, get has an additional definition of "to go after and bring" (e.g., "Get me a glass of water, please"). But careful speakers would be more likely to use the verbs in the way I have described them above.
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Can you bring my bag tomorrow?
Bring implies that someone is already in a place where they can pick up the bag. It doesn't necessarily mean the person asking wants to possess the bag, though; it might mean that the bag is required for some activity. But it probably means the latter. The key notion is expressed by the first and main definition of bring: to carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place. This says nothing about "fetch" or "get" (which are different ideas).
Can you get my bag tomorrow?
Get implies that the person is somewhere else and would have to make a trip to the bag's location in order to pick it up. Get also makes no guarantee that the person asking is even interested in having the bag. It might mean that the person asking wants the person being asked to have the bag, or simply to remove it from wherever it currently is (e.g., in case it might be stolen or removed by another party). See definition 2 of get at TFD Online to go after and obtain.
Note that this isn't always true. Language can be imprecise, and people can use bring and get interchangeably in either case, and the communication would be understood. And to be fair, get has an additional definition of "to go after and bring" (e.g., "Get me a glass of water, please"). But careful speakers would be more likely to use the verbs in the way I have described them above.
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Can you bring my bag tomorrow?
Bring implies that someone is already in a place where they can pick up the bag. It doesn't necessarily mean the person asking wants to possess the bag, though; it might mean that the bag is required for some activity. But it probably means the latter. The key notion is expressed by the first and main definition of bring: to carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place. This says nothing about "fetch" or "get" (which are different ideas).
Can you get my bag tomorrow?
Get implies that the person is somewhere else and would have to make a trip to the bag's location in order to pick it up. Get also makes no guarantee that the person asking is even interested in having the bag. It might mean that the person asking wants the person being asked to have the bag, or simply to remove it from wherever it currently is (e.g., in case it might be stolen or removed by another party). See definition 2 of get at TFD Online to go after and obtain.
Note that this isn't always true. Language can be imprecise, and people can use bring and get interchangeably in either case, and the communication would be understood. And to be fair, get has an additional definition of "to go after and bring" (e.g., "Get me a glass of water, please"). But careful speakers would be more likely to use the verbs in the way I have described them above.
answered 2 days ago
RobustoRobusto
128k28303514
Can you bring my bag tomorrow?
Bring implies that someone is already in a place where they can pick up the bag. It doesn't necessarily mean the person asking wants to possess the bag, though; it might mean that the bag is required for some activity. But it probably means the latter. The key notion is expressed by the first and main definition of bring: to carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place. This says nothing about "fetch" or "get" (which are different ideas).
Can you get my bag tomorrow?
Get implies that the person is somewhere else and would have to make a trip to the bag's location in order to pick it up. Get also makes no guarantee that the person asking is even interested in having the bag. It might mean that the person asking wants the person being asked to have the bag, or simply to remove it from wherever it currently is (e.g., in case it might be stolen or removed by another party). See definition 2 of get at TFD Online to go after and obtain.
Note that this isn't always true. Language can be imprecise, and people can use bring and get interchangeably in either case, and the communication would be understood. And to be fair, get has an additional definition of "to go after and bring" (e.g., "Get me a glass of water, please"). But careful speakers would be more likely to use the verbs in the way I have described them above.
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Who are you asking? What are you asking them to do? Who's coming to whom? Your question lacks specifics of the context.
– John Lawler
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