mrwroc
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I have thought I can use "drop sb off" when I am IN a car and want to get out somewhere, for example:
She dropped him off at the train station. (So she was with him in a car.)
But then I have found that sentence:
Can you drop the kids off at school this morning? (So children aren't in a car yet.)
Does it mean:
Can you give the kids a lift to school this morning?
Here: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/do-you-need-a-drop-off-at-home.3199931/ they write:
So it can mean "give sb a lift" but only in AE????
She dropped him off at the train station. (So she was with him in a car.)
But then I have found that sentence:
Can you drop the kids off at school this morning? (So children aren't in a car yet.)
Does it mean:
Can you give the kids a lift to school this morning?
Here: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/do-you-need-a-drop-off-at-home.3199931/ they write:
Sun, our US friends who answered you above didn't object to it. I have already said it doesn't right to me, but I'm English. I would be surprised if a receptionist asked me if I needed a drop-off at home. I would expect him/her to ask me if I needed a lift/ride home or if I would wait there for the car to be fixed.
So it can mean "give sb a lift" but only in AE????
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