Get someone vs Bring someone

[Ashraful Haque]

1) I was at a hospital and the doctor asked for a person. So I said:
"She is outside, should I get/bring her"

2) I needed my sister's laptop. So I said to someone:
"I'll go get/bring her laptop."

How do I know where to use 'bring' and where to use 'get'?

 

[Yankee]

1) I was at a hospital and the doctor asked for a person. So I said:
"She is outside, should I get/bring her" "Get" would be more popular.

2) I needed my sister's laptop. So I said to someone:
"I'll go get/bring her laptop." "go get", OK. "go bring" :-(

How do I know where to use 'bring' and where to use 'get'?

Y

 

[GoesStation]

Not just "more popular". Get is the only verb a native speaker would use there.

 

[emsr2d2]

Should I [go and] get her?
Should I bring her in?

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Not just "more popular". Get is the only verb a native speaker would use there.

Although I said 'bring her' but afterward I felt like I should've said 'get her'. 'Bring' here sounds to me like she is an object.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

It is perfectly possible to 'bring' a person, but not when you mean 'get' or 'fetch'.

Thanks you for the answer. Could you please tell me when to use 'bring' for a person?

 

[Tarheel]

Thank you for the answer. Could you please tell me when to use 'bring' for a person?

Perhaps:

I'll go get her and bring her.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Perhaps:

I'll go get her and bring her.

Thank you very much as always. I've got another context and I think 'bring' sounds better here:
"The prime minister of Pakistan is coming to Malaysia and he is bringing some big investors along with him."

 

[GoesStation]

Thank you very much as always. I've got another context and I think 'bring' sounds better here:
"The prime minister of Pakistan is coming to Malaysia and he is bringing some big investors along with him."

It's correct. "Get" wouldn't work there.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

That's OK.Compare:
"The prime minister of Pakistan is going to Malaysia and he is taking some big investors along with him."

Thant's a change in perspective. My version is from the perspective that I am in Malaysia and the one you provided is what probably a Pakistani would say.

 

[emsr2d2]

Did you notice that Piscean started with "That's OK. Compare: ..."? That means your sentence was fine from your perspective. He was suggesting that you compare "going/taking" with "coming/bringing".