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Fetch from and take to #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 11, 2005 13:45 pm   Fetch from and take to
 

Test No. incompl/elem-3 "Drive carefully", question 5

When your train arrives, I'll ......... you from the station.

(a) take
(b) bring
(c) fetch
(d) remove

Test No. incompl/elem-3 "Drive carefully", answer 5

When your train arrives, I'll fetch you from the station.

Correct answer: (c) fetch

Your answer was: incorrect
When your train arrives, I'll take you from the station.
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why don't we say take?

thank you
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Fetch from and take to #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 11, 2005 13:57 pm   Fetch from and take to
 

Hello Irina,

You can take somebody to the station but you fetch or collect them from the station.
To fetch means to go after and bring back.
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Fetch from and take to #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 14, 2005 18:25 pm   Fetch from and take to
 

Thanks a lot for your response. It helped me a lot, cause I finally understand the difference between fetch and take:)
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