Pick from school/kindergarten

[Rachel Adams]

Is it wrong to use "pick" in my sentence?

"The elder brother picks her sisters from kindergarten/school."

 

[tedmc]

Yes, but "pick up" would be okay.

 

[Rover_KE]

But 'her' is wrong.

You haven't used 'pick' in your sentence—you've used 'picks'.

 

[5jj]

The elder brother picks his sisters up from kindergarten/school.

That sounds unnatural to me without up.

 

[Rachel Adams]

The elder brother picks his sisters up from kindergarten/school.

That sounds unnatural to me without up.

I will use "pick up". Can I also use "collect"? "The elder brother collects his sisters from school/kindergarten."

 

[Tdol]

Yes.

 

[Rover_KE]

I will use "picks up". Can I also use "collects"?

Yes, but you can't use 'collect'.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Yes, but you can't use 'collect'.

I was judging by this definition "(British English) collect somebody from… She's gone to collect her son from school."

I was wondering if you use it to talk about kindergartens.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Yes.

Do you mean I can use it to talk about kindergartens?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Do you mean I can use it to talk about kindergartens?

You can pick up or collect anyone from anywhere. They're not special kindergarten or school terms.

The British use "collect" to mean "pick up" much more often than Americans do.

In your original sentence, using "pick" without "up" would mean "choose," "select." People don't often choose their siblings.

 

[5jj]

Yes. Tdol would have told you if you couldn't.

 

[Rover_KE]

I said that in that sentence you can use collects but not collect. Can you see the difference?