06-28-2009, 09:53 PM
English has a ton of "rules" and exceptions, and the bring/take thing is one of the least significant of them.
Same issue as borrow vs. loan/lend.
Not even close. I don't think I've ever heard anybody screw those up. Not that it doesn't happen, but the difference in definition is pretty clear. People screw other things up far more frequently.
I don't think bring vs. take is a significant issue. That'll learn ya'.
Agreed.
Were your kids raised around any native German speakers? They seem to naturally mix the English bring and take.
From gg:
[He is a foreigner and his impression is that everyone in his unspecified home country knows the difference between bring and take, and it's just we Americans who don't seem to be able to get it right.
How can that be?? We're the Americans and English is *our* language.
Except that it's not. We inherited it, and to no small degree bastardized it.
If you're kids get most everything else right and don't master there "correct" use of bring/take, I won't loose any sleep.
And you can bring that to the bank.
Same issue as borrow vs. loan/lend.
Not even close. I don't think I've ever heard anybody screw those up. Not that it doesn't happen, but the difference in definition is pretty clear. People screw other things up far more frequently.
I don't think bring vs. take is a significant issue. That'll learn ya'.
Agreed.
Were your kids raised around any native German speakers? They seem to naturally mix the English bring and take.
From gg:
[He is a foreigner and his impression is that everyone in his unspecified home country knows the difference between bring and take, and it's just we Americans who don't seem to be able to get it right.
How can that be?? We're the Americans and English is *our* language.
Except that it's not. We inherited it, and to no small degree bastardized it.
If you're kids get most everything else right and don't master there "correct" use of bring/take, I won't loose any sleep.
And you can bring that to the bank.