If some one says let me fetch that information for you and I want to ask that Have you fetched the information? Is it correct sentence
1 Answer
Jul 22, 2018
Yes it is but see below for a couple of thoughts:
Explanation:
Let's lay out the conversation being asked about:
Person A: Let me fetch that information for you.
< some time passes >
Person B: Have you fetched that information?
A couple of observations:
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Is this acceptable English? Yes.
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When Person B asks about the information that A is supposed to be gathering, the word "yet" could be added to the end of the sentence to indicate a more strongly worded question:
Have you fetched that information yet?
- The verb "fetch" is typically used with animals (ex. dogs) where the human throws a ball and the dog races off to get it and bring it back so that the human can throw it again. It's called "playing fetch". It's not wrong for Persons A and B to use the verb "fetch" in our situation, but it's not the usual verb choice. Some alternative choices (each one carrying its own connotation):
grab, get, access, snag, retrieve, find, etc...