[Vocabulary] May I bring you ...

[Julie17]

Is the following sentence correct?

"May I bring you something to drink?"

I think that "May I get you ..." is more natural, but I'm not sure whether the first sentence would be acceptable too.

 

[Tdol]

Get is much more natural to me. The bring version isn't wrong, but it's not something I'd use.

 

[emsr2d2]

I might expect to hear "May I bring you ..." from a waiter or from someone at a bar who comes and takes your order from you at your table.

 

[Julie17]

Here the situation is at a bank, an adviser talking to a customer. How about that?

 

[Barb_D]

In that case, "bring" is not 100% wrong, but "Would you like anything to drink?" is better. (I assume they mean water. The banks around here don't serve wine.)

 

[Julie17]

"Not 100% wrong" is a nice way of saying it. ;-) So I'll underline it and give them a better version, but not mark it as a mistake.

 

[emsr2d2]

At my hairdresser's, the shampooist always asks "Can I get you a tea or a coffee?" once you're sitting, wet-haired, in the chair.