Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
（How about using "brought" instead of "brought"? Any difference?（How about using "brought" instead of "carried"? Any difference?

Question

Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. 
（How about using "brought" instead of "brought"? Any difference?（How about using "brought" instead of "carried"? Any difference?

Answer

3 reasons:

1. As Eliot says, "bring" does not necessarily mean "carry".
2. If you use 'brought .. from.. to Silbury", it infers that the writer is located at Silbury, whereas using 'carried' indicates simply that a mesage was transported between the two places.
 3. In English, the verb 'to carry' is, in the context of  the use of birds to transport messages, normally associated with pigeons.  The trained birds are usually called 'carrier pigeons'.

Answer

You are correct in using the word "carried"

Answer

Yes. The pigeon carried the message. 
"bring" does not necessarily mean "carry".

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aren't the same?

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