Cida Deretti
What's the difference between here you go and there you go?
Jan 9, 2016 3:56 PM
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Wow, this is a tough one. I'd say "Here you go" is used when you are doing something for someone else. If you are not performing some action, use "there you go." E.g.: Customer in a restaurant orders coffee and cake. A waiter might bring the coffee and cake and say "Here you go." A child is sick and staying home for the day. The child's mother brings him or her soup, a blanket, and a remote control for the tv and can say, "Here you go." Compare: A patient just had a cast removed from their leg. They're receiving physical therapy. The doctor watches as the patient starts walking on their own and to encourage the patient the doctor says, "There you go." Someone loses a wallet. They're searching frantically for it and just when they give up hope, they find it under a chair. You could say, "there you go". But note: A kid falls down and scrapes their knee. Their father cleans the wound, puts on a bandage and says, "there you go, that wasn't so bad, was it?" So there's some overlap between the too...
January 9, 2016
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I agree with Peachey, but want to add one thing. You can use "there you go" to congratulate someone. For example, I am teaching you English and you finally get your pronunciation correct. I could say, "There you go!" to show you that you did it correctly. It's another way of saying, "You did it correctly!"
January 9, 2016
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Not much, in practice. Just use them and don't worry about the difference.
January 9, 2016
I'm kind of surprised no one mentioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_you_go_again
January 10, 2016
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