misu
Junior Member
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2020
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Japan
I have always used the preposition "to" in a sentences like the following ones:<br><br><ul><li>He takes her <strong>to </strong>his house.<strong></strong></li><li>She takes the dog <strong>to</strong> the park.</li></ul><br>Thus the questions on "where....?" should be:<br><br><ul><li>Where does he take her <strong>to</strong>?</li><li>Where does she take the dog<strong> to</strong>?</li></ul><br>But I saw in a book a simiilar question without the preposition <strong>to:</strong><br><em><br>Where does Oliver take Charles?</em><br><br> I was wondering if both versions (with and without <strong>to</strong>) are correct and if yes, whether they would be correct in every situations. I suppose that it might be correct only in a question, otherwise omitting the <strong>to</strong> in the following two sentences is definitely wrong. (Or am I wrong?)<br><em><br>He takes her his house.<br>She takes the dog the park.<br><br></em>The only sentence that, in my opinion, would work well without <strong>to </strong>is when the place is <strong>home </strong>as in:<br><br><strong></strong>She takes him home (<strong>to home</strong> would definitely be wrong).<br><br><strong><br></strong>There is something else that I'd like to ask about. I am pretty sure that there are situations in which both "take" and "bring" someone somewhere would be OK, as in:<br><br><em>I'll take you to the library.</em><br><em>I'll bring you to the library .<br><br><br></em>I sense a slight difference in the meaning. "Take" might be more appropriate if I was asked to bring someone to the library. Anyway, notwithstanding a possible differnece in the meaning, both appear to me to be grammatically correct.<br><br>It would be useful if someone could kindly provide an explanation about the substantial differences between "take someone somehwere" and "bring someone somewhere".<br><br><br>
I am sorry. I do not know what happend. There must have been a technical problem!
I am sorry. I do not know what happend. There must have been a technical problem!
Last edited: