send
1.下面三句意思不同：
- I shall send the book to him tomorrow. （我将在明天把这本书［托人捎或从邮局寄］给他［我自己并不去］。）
- I shall take the book to him tomorrow. （我将在明天把这本书送到他那里［自己拿去］。）
- I shall give the book to him tomorrow. （我将在明天把这本书赠给他［我自己也许去，也许不去］。）
不可说I called on him yesterday to send him a book或Please send this letter to the post on your way to school，但可以说Please have this letter sent to the post on your way to school。因为甲托乙把信投入邮局，甲做了send的工作，乙做了take的工作，也就是做了“使这信被sent”的工作。注意send并没有“赠（礼物）”的意思，当然Thank you for sending the flowers和Charlotte sends me all sorts of books是不错的，可是这里的sending和sends指“使…被送到”，并不作“赠”解，假使那东西是借来的、买来的或托人代寄的等，也尽可以用这个词。
2.下面每组里的两句意思不同：
- I shall send for him tomorrow.(我将在明天托人去叫他来。)
I shall go for him tomorrow.(我将在明天去叫他来。) - I shall send for it tomorrow.(我将在明天托人去把它拿来。)
I shall go for it tomorrow.(我将在明天去把它拿来。)
不可说I called on him yesterday to send for him或I called on him yesterday to send for the book I had left with him。
3.I shall send for him to the office通常作“我将托人到事务所去叫他来”解，但也可以作“我将托人叫他到事务所去”解。I shall send to the office for him当然只可以作“我将托人到事务所去叫他来”解。I shall send for him from the office作“我将托人叫他从事务所来”解。
4.I shall send for it等句子里所被托而去的人，通常就是那取那东西的人，但并不一定，如为了丙那儿的一本书甲托乙到丙那里去，也许乙便是“拿”的人，也许乙只通知丙，那“拿”的人不是乙而是丙或丁。
5.I shall send for him to see you是“我将托人去叫他来看你”。
6.I hope to have the book sent in good time可能有三个意思：（1）“我希望这本书及时送出（给你）”。（2）“我希望这本书及时送出（给某人）”。（3）“我希望这本书及时送出（给我）。”
7.I（或We）send或I am（或We are）sending意思相同。例如：I send you a copy of the pamphlet.
8.send是一时的动作，所以不可说I have sent it to him for a week，该说I sent it to him a week ago或It is a week since I sent it to him。
