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25 Oct 2020
- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
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English (US)
Question about English (US)
Is the same saying fetch me and fetch
To clarify:
Go to the kitchen and fetch me a knife/fetch a knife for me.
Go to the kitchen and fetch/get a knife.
I think that you can omit the indirect object, right?
Also, I think that with take, bring and fetch. The structure to refer to the indirect object is different because you can say: Give it to ur mother. But with taking (for example) u say: I take him today's newspaper, rather than saying I take today's newspaper to him. Have u any idea why this structure?
Is the same saying fetch me and fetch
To clarify:
Go to the kitchen and fetch me a knife/fetch a knife for me.
Go to the kitchen and fetch/get a knife.
I think that you can omit the indirect object, right?
Also, I think that with take, bring and fetch. The structure to refer to the indirect object is different because you can say: Give it to ur mother. But with taking (for example) u say: I take him today's newspaper, rather than saying I take today's newspaper to him. Have u any idea why this structure?
To clarify:
Go to the kitchen and fetch me a knife/fetch a knife for me.
Go to the kitchen and fetch/get a knife.
I think that you can omit the indirect object, right?
Also, I think that with take, bring and fetch. The structure to refer to the indirect object is different because you can say: Give it to ur mother. But with taking (for example) u say: I take him today's newspaper, rather than saying I take today's newspaper to him. Have u any idea why this structure?
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You can leave out “for me” if you want. It depends on the situation if it sounds natural to leave it out, though.
It will never sound wrong to leave “for me” in.
“Would you” added onto the end makes it more polite, and it makes it seem like a request instead of a harsh command.
Example: Go fetch me a knife, would you?
. . .
Another way of saying it would be to use “grab” instead of “fetch.” I use grab. I don’t use fetch, though some people do.
Example: Go grab me a knife, would you?
Example: Go grab a knife for me, would you?
. . .
“I take him today’s newspaper” is not a natural way to say it in the present tense.
All natural ways to say it:
- I took him today’s newspaper.
- I will take today’s newspaper to him.
- i’m taking him today’s newspaper.
- I took today’s newspaper to him.
The structure is the same. There is both a direct object (knife, newspaper) and an indirect object (me, him).
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@-kat- Thx a lot for ur reply. Sorry if I bother u, but I have other question related to this point.
Can sometimes FETCH and BRING be used interchangeably? because I found out these examples:
A: Are you going to the bedroom?
B: Yes.
A: Can you bring me my grey sweater? It’s on the bed.
B: Yeah. (B will return with the sweater to the place where A is.)
If you’re going to the garage, can you fetch that green bag with the paintbrushes in it? Or Can you get that green bag …
I guess that fetch is used when it's unknown if the other person is going to the place you want them to go. And that "bring" is used when is 100% decided that the other person is going to that place.
I've just seen that “I take him today’s newspaper” sounds unnatural to you, but the complete context is this:
She visits her father every morning and she always takes him the day’s newspaper.
Can sometimes FETCH and BRING be used interchangeably? because I found out these examples:
A: Are you going to the bedroom?
B: Yes.
A: Can you bring me my grey sweater? It’s on the bed.
B: Yeah. (B will return with the sweater to the place where A is.)
If you’re going to the garage, can you fetch that green bag with the paintbrushes in it? Or Can you get that green bag …
I guess that fetch is used when it's unknown if the other person is going to the place you want them to go. And that "bring" is used when is 100% decided that the other person is going to that place.
I've just seen that “I take him today’s newspaper” sounds unnatural to you, but the complete context is this:
She visits her father every morning and she always takes him the day’s newspaper.

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