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Who is the speaker in "don't forget to bring your umbrella!"? If it's someone at the destination, would it not be correct? :) Of course, it's often said by som
by neogodless 4y ago
Who is the speaker in "don't forget to bring your umbrella!"? If it's someone at the destination, would it not be correct? :)
Of course, it's often said by someone who's with you, and on their way out, so your assertion makes sense and is often correct!
- sowbug 4y agoYeah, I thought about that case, but I still think the grammar pedants would mark the answer wrong. Not that I was there when they invented the word "bring," but I imagine they decided the specific word for movement toward the speaker was useful to make the statement more precise. I feel like allowing "bring" here just because the speaker happened to be at the destination where the listener was planning to go would let the exception swallow the rule. (To be clear, that's already happened in common English; I'd even venture that "don't forget to take your umbrella" sounds a little bit stiff, even though it's more correct.)