get vs. receive/become

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/21/2009 12:47 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>However, I do wish that someone would try to maintain the distinction
>between "bring" and "take."

Use the 18th-century "carry", and confuse the hearer even
more.  (Judge Sewall "carried" his wife and children to Roxbury on an outing.)

Joel

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