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23 Nov 2020
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What is the difference between send and deliver ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between send and deliver ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Serbian
- English (US) Near fluent
So it depends on the context but here it goes..
If you say 'the clothes will be...' then you would use 'sent' rather then 'delivered', although both are okay
If you are the one who is sending the clothes (if you are the sender) you will say 'I will send you the clothes' meaning you'll be the one to pack them and go to the post office to send.
If you are the one to deliver the clothes, that means you are the one who will take the clothes and go to the persons house and give it to them in hand
So you can say
The clothes will be sent/delivered to you from China.
I will send you the clothes from China (I will go to the post office and send it)
They will deliver the clothes to you (mailman or someone who has that job will give you the clothes that I sent)
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
what's the difference between "send" and "deliver"?
for example: 我从中国寄几件衣服给你吧 ，应该用send还是deliver?
for example: 我从中国寄几件衣服给你吧 ，应该用send还是deliver?
- English (US)
I will send you a letter.
They will deliver a package to you.
I will send you a jacket.
My jacket was delivered.
- Serbian
- English (US) Near fluent
So when you send smth to someone, you do not see that person in person.. but when you deliver something, you're doing it personaly, to see that person.. thats the main difference..
So if you say 'I'm sending you clothes from China' you will say 'send' because you're not going there, you're just sending..
But if you say 'They will deliver you clothes from China' you will say 'deliver' because those ppl will bring him clothes personaly
I hope I explained well :)
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- English (US)
- Serbian
- English (US) Near fluent
But I think it's not the same.. it depends if they are the senders or will they deliver it personally.. ahh nvm
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
@gogo12 still a little confused.
so is it the same:
the clothes will be sent to you from china
the clothes will be delivered to you from china
so is it the same:
the clothes will be sent to you from china
the clothes will be delivered to you from china
- Serbian
- English (US) Near fluent
So it depends on the context but here it goes..
If you say 'the clothes will be...' then you would use 'sent' rather then 'delivered', although both are okay
If you are the one who is sending the clothes (if you are the sender) you will say 'I will send you the clothes' meaning you'll be the one to pack them and go to the post office to send.
If you are the one to deliver the clothes, that means you are the one who will take the clothes and go to the persons house and give it to them in hand
So you can say
The clothes will be sent/delivered to you from China.
I will send you the clothes from China (I will go to the post office and send it)
They will deliver the clothes to you (mailman or someone who has that job will give you the clothes that I sent)
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