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Asked Mar 1, 2012, 03:09 PM — 2 Answers
Is it correct to say " My English speaking class will be over at 11oam so please come and collect me at 11:15am"

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Mar 1, 2012, 03:17 PM


Usually one collects inanimate things. It would be better to say:

"My English-speaking class will be over at 11 a.m., so please pick me up at 11:15 a.m."
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Mar 1, 2012, 03:27 PM


while I agree with WG, the phrase "collect me" to mean coming to get me at a location is not an umfamiliar one. It may be a more common translation of the phrase "pick me up" in other languages. Pick me up is probably more common idiomatic american english, but I wouldn't say that collect me doesn't convey the same meaning.
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