Both … and is used to emphasise the link between parallel constructions, and is
stronger than simple coordination with and:
Knowing both Pat and Fran Powell, I would be careful if I were you.
(Knowing both Pat and knowing Fran Powell, I would …)
Military technology being used for cordless phones will both cut out static and
prevent eavesdropping.
BRING, TAKE, FETCH
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Bring, take
29a
To understand the difference between bring and take, it is important to observe
how the direction of the action relates to the speaker and listener.
Bring typically means movement with something or someone either from the
listener’s location to the speaker’s or vice versa:
[a bottle of water has just been opened; speaker goes towards the kitchen]
I’ll bring some fresh glasses.
(she will come back with the glasses to the place where the listener is)
(I’ll take some fresh glasses.)
I had a load of equipment and stuff I couldn’t possibly bring on a bicycle so I
just brought the minibus here.
(movement to where the speaker is now)
Bring can also mean movement with something or someone from a third-party
location to the speaker’s or listener’s location:
They’ve been very kind to me over the year and he’s just brought me a turkey.
So I can’t grumble.
(movement with something by a third person to the speaker’s location)
[B’s sister has just returned from a holiday]
A: Did she bring you a present?
B: Yes, she did.
(Did she take you a present?)
(movement with something by a third person to the listener’s location)
Take typically means movement with something or someone from the speaker’s or
listener’s location to a third-party location:
A: What time’s your flight? I can take you to the airport.
B: Oh, thanks.
(I can bring you to the airport.)
(movement to a third-party location; neither the speaker nor the listener are at
the airport)
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Cambridge Grammar of English
A:
She was sick all Saturday. She was sick Saturday night.
B: So it’s gone on for quite a long time really, hasn’t it?
A: Well it has. That’s why I took her to the doctor’s.
(movement with someone from the speaker’s location to a third-party location)
Where both parties involved in the action are third parties, either take or bring
may be used, depending on whether the speaker sees things from the agent’s
(take) or the recipient’s (bring) viewpoint:
Every morning she brings (or takes) dad a cup of tea in bed.
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The most common errors with bring and take involve a failure to orientate to
the direction of the action:
I take my cat to my neighbour’s house once a week, to play with my
neighbour’s cat, to let it have fun with other cats.
(I bring my cat to my neighbour’s house once a week …)
(the movement is to a third-party location, not to the speaker’s location)
I always encourage my children to bring their friends home and to invite
them for birthday parties.
(I always encourage my children to take their friends home …)
(the movement is to the speaker’s location, not to a third-party location)
Fetch
29b
Fetch means to go to another place to get something or someone and bring them
back:
Will you go and fetch some milk from the fridge, please.
I can fetch Mick from the station tomorrow if you like.
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