verb
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BAD : Would you like me to bring you home?
GOOD : Would you like me to take you home?
BAD : Whenever I go sightseeing, I bring my camera with me.
GOOD : Whenever I go sightseeing, I take my camera with me.
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BRING · TAKE · LEAD · SEND · FETCH · CARRY · COLLECT · PICK UP
Bring means ‘come with sb/sth’ (NOT ‘go’): ‘Could you bring me a glass of water, please?’ ‘I’ll see you tomorrow at the club, and remember to bring your tennis racket!’
Take means ‘go with sb/sth’ (NOT ‘come’): ‘You take the shopping indoors and I’ll put the car away.’ ‘When I go on holiday, I like to take a good book with me.’
You usually take someone home, to school or to a cinema/restaurant/airport etc (NOT bring/lead/send/carry ): ‘Lucy took us to Stratford to see a play.’ ‘If you need a lift to the station, as Peter to take you.’
Lead If you lead someone to a place, you guide them there by walking in front of them, holding them by the arm, etc: ‘Some blind people like to be led across the road.’ ‘The children led me through the wood to their secret hiding place.’
Send If you send a person somewhere, you tell them to go there. You do not go with them: ‘My company sends one of us to Singapore every six months.’
Fetch If you fetch something, you go the place where it is and come back with it: ‘We waited at reception while the porter fetched our luggage.’
Carry If you go somewhere with something in your hands, in your arms, on your back etc, you carry it: ‘She carried her chair into the garden and sat in the sun.’ ‘In some countries women carry their babies on their backs.’
Collect/fetch If you collect or fetch someone ( from somewhere), you go there and bring them back with you: ‘I have to collect the children from school at 4 o’clock.’
Pick up If you pick up someone ( at a place), you go to the place where they are waiting, usually in a car or other vehicle, and then take them somewhere: ‘I’ll pick you up at your house just after seven. That gives us half an hour go get to the stadium.’
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BAD : I went back into the house to bring my sunglasses.
GOOD : I went back into the house to fetch my sunglasses.
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See Language Note above
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BAD : Global warming is bringing changes in the weather.
GOOD : Global warming is bringing about changes in the weather.
BAD : Nuclear power could bring the destruction of our planet.
GOOD : Nuclear power could bring about the destruction of our planet.
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When you mean 'finally cause something to happen or exist', use bring about : 'These new manufacturing methods brought about an increase in production.' 'The company's poor performance was brought about by factors beyond its control.'
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BAD : Our tourist industry brings a lot of foreign exchange.
GOOD : Our tourist industry brings in a lot of foreign exchange.
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bring in = make or earn (money): 'The job keeps me busy and brings in a little extra cash.'