I get bothered when people say ‘He was sick so they brought him to the hospital’? I don’t remember though that Isabel had asked me about the misuse of “bring” and “take,” but I told her that I discussed that verb-pair, along with “come” and “go,” as among “The 10 Most Annoying English Grammar Errors” in a series of my Manila Times columns in 2007. The problem with the verb-pairs “bring” and “take” and “come” and “go” is two-fold: (1) they are highly irregular verbs, and (2) the verbs in each pair denote practically the same action but differ in the direction of the action or motion with respect to the speaker. “Come” and “go.” This verb-pair gets continually misused even by some college-educated adults well into their professional careers. Can you come, too?” (2) Use “go” to describe movement away from where the speaker or listener is: “From here, please go directly to the park.” “You missed them.

Source: Manila Times January 15, 2020 20:51 UTC