Fetch
Hello, everyone!
I’m learning how to use the verb “fetch”. Check the following sentences, please.
For example, there are two people in a room. One is doing something and the other is helping him. Then the first one tells the other:
Can you fetch me some scissors from the kitchen, please?
Or
Can you fetch some scissors for me from the kitchen, please?
It means: can you go to the kitchen, take some scissors there and bring them here to me? Correct?
Thank you very much for your help!
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Respostas · 3
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Technically correct but I don't think i would ask someone to fetch something for me. A dog fetches but a person brings. Maybe it's more common in England but we don't use it much in the USA.
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To be honest, I wouldn't bother learning how to use this word, unless you have a dog which you want to train. We use the command "Fetch!" when we throw a stick or ball which we want to dog to retrieve and return to the trainer.
If you haven't got a dog, there's no need for you ever to use the word 'fetch'. It exists, but it's old-fashioned and very rarely used in modern everyday English.
Just say 'bring' or 'get' instead.
If the other person is already in the kitchen, you could ask them to bring or get you some scissors.
If you want the person to go into the kitchen to get you some scissors, I'd say use 'get' or 'go and get'.
Forget about 'fetch'.
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yes both are correct
i have other example
can you fetch a doctor for me?
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