Originally posted by mystiv:
[b]bring, fetch, send
e.g. I am bringing him to the
doctor's because he is quite sick.
She fetched him to the airport last
night.
He sends his girlfriend home every night.
With reference to the Cambridge International Dictionary of English
(1995), the usage of these three words are as follows:
To bring is to take or carry someone or something towards the
direction of the person speaking. Hence, you cannot bring someone
to the doctor's if you are going with the person. However, you can
ask someone to bring you something.
To fetch is to go to another place to get someone or something
before bringing it back. Therefore, you cannot fetch someone to the
airport but you can fetch someone from the airport.
Meanwhile, to send is to cause someone or something to go somewhere
or to do something without the speaker going together with that
which is being sent (e.g. to send a letter or a parcel). Hence, you
cannot be sending your girlfriend home every night unless you are
telling her: "Off you go; go straight home."
Standard English Alternatives:
take, etc. (depending on the context)
e.g. I am taking him to the doctor's because he is quite
sick.
She took/accompanied him to the airport last night.
He sees his girlfriend home every night [/b]
Eh your example also has a typo lei
