Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by John Hendricks Bechtel
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For many years the word depot was largely employed in the sense of a
railway station. Its primary meaning is a warehouse or storehouse or military station. As applied to a stopping place for railroad trains the _________________________________________________________________ 44 English word station is greatly to be preferred to the French word depot, and is rapidly coming into general use in this country. Description, Kind "Flowers of every description were found in his garden." In the above sense the word kind or variety would be more appropriate. Bring, Fetch, Carry Bring implies motion from the object toward the person who issues the command or makes the request. Fetch implies two motions, first, toward the object; second, toward the person who wishes it. The gardener, who is in the garden, calls to his servant, who is at the barn, "John, bring me the rake. You will find it in the barn." And if John is with him in the garden, he would say, "John, fetch me the rake from the barn." The use of fetch is more common among English writers than with us. In fact, many speakers and writers in America rarely use the word. Carry is a more general term, and means to convey, without thought of |
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