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Bring vs Take

Whether you use “bring” or “take” depends on your point of reference for the action.

You ask someone to bring things to the place you are, and you take things to the place you are going.

For e.g.,

You ask people to bring you coffee, and you offer to take the laundry to the washing machine.

You tell people to bring you good news, and you take your bag to the school.

You ask people to bring things to you, and you take things to other people.

Simple, right?

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One Another vs Each Other

"One another" and "Each Other" are reciprocal pronouns that appear to mean the same thing but they should not be used interchangeably.

"One another" is often used when we are referring to more than 2 subjects.

E.g. Peter, Sam and John are loyal to one another.

"Each other" is used when referring to 2 individuals.

E.g. John and Susan love each other.

However, this rule is quickly disappearing in English nowadays. Many renowned authors have started to use these terms interchangeably.

Do note that "one another" is often used in another context; it's preferred over "each other" when speaking of an ordered series of events or stages.

E.g. The children followed one another into the classroom.

The ants crawled up the wall one after another.

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From... To

Many people made the mistake of pairing "from" and "and" together in one sentence.

The correct way of pairing is "from" and "to".

For e.g.:

We are open from 9 am to 6 pm.

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Between... And

Consider the below three sentences. Which is correct ?

• They had to choose between oranges or apples.
• They had to choose between oranges to apples.
• They had to choose between oranges and apples.

Between is with two people or things. "Between" is used with "and". Never use "to" with "between".

Hence, the correct sentence is "They had to choose between oranges and apples".

For the first sentence, If you are to use "or",  the correct sentence should be "They had to choose either oranges or apples".

For the second sentence, "to" has to go with "from".  However, In this example, if we do the replacements, the sentence "They had to choose from oranges to apples" does not make sense at all.

Tip

One easy way to know what to use after "between" is to remember that 2 objects with the word "and" between them.

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Any

The word "any" can mean one or all. When asking for "any" of something, the item that is being asked needs to be in the plural form.

For e.g.:

Did you make any mistakes ?

Have you received any papers from the boss?

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i.e. vs e.g.

Do you know what is the difference between "i.e." and "e.g." ?  Both of them are abbreviations of Latin phrases. "E.g." means "exempli gratia" which means "for example" while "i.e." means "id est", which means "that is".

Hence, you would use "e.g." when you are citing a few examples.

For e.g. :

I am scared of insects, e.g. cockroaches, dragonflies and mosquitoes.

As for "i.e.", you use this when you want to clarify a statement.

For e.g. :

I love to wear my favorite dress, i.e., the red dress with white ruffles.

Fact

Strictly speaking, when you use "e.g." in a sentence, you need not add "for" to write "for e.g.". Technically, that will read "for for example".