Discussion
In the sentence below, a part is printed in bold. Choose the alternative that best replaces it. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No correction required’.
Please bring this book to the library when you go there tomorrow.
Answer: D
Correct answer: take
Bring means to convey something towards the speaker; take means to convey it away from the speaker. Since the book is to go from here to the library, the correct verb is take. The pair works exactly like come and go: one comes here and goes there, brings something here and takes something there. Both pairs are defined by the position of the speaker rather than by the direction of travel in itself. Fetch is a third member of the family and means to go, collect and return - a round trip. Fetch me the book asks someone to go and bring it back. Carry describes only the manner of transport and says nothing about direction, so it does not repair the sentence. The error is extremely common in Indian English, where bring is often used for both directions.
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