To 把 or not to 把

我告诉他她刚才发生的事——(emphasize ‘i told him’) 
我把刚才发生的事告诉他她——（emphasize ‘what just happened had been told her’） 

I told her what just happened

请你把桌子上的书拿过来给我——（euphemistic mood） 
拿过来桌子上的书过来给我——（command mood）

both are OK, but we usually say‘请把桌子上的书给我／请把桌子上的书拿给我／请帮我把桌子上的书拿过来’ without ‘你’

Please pass me the book on the table

请你把书架上的东西拿下来给我（看看）——（euphemistic mood） 
拿下来书架上的东西拿过来给我——（command mood）

‘请把书架上的东西拿下来给我’ is used more usual

Please take down the thing on the bookshelf and give it to me

我看完了这本书——(emphasize ‘i finished reading’)
我把(这本)书看完了——(emphasize ‘the book was finished reading’)

I finished reading the book

我把我所想说的话说出来了——(emphasize ‘everything that I want to say’)
我把我所想说的话说出了口
我说出来了我所想说的话
我说出了我所想说的话来了 ——(emphasize ‘finally, I said everything’)

or you can say like ‘我说出了所有我想说的’

I said everything that I wanted to (I think these sentences are a little wrong)

As far as I am aware, these sentences all translate the same (into English). Is there a situation or a set of circumstances in which you would choose to use a sentence with 把 over a sentence without 把? Or are these sentences simply different ways of saying the same thing?

Laurence

Hi Laurence, 

I think these sentences are different ways of saying the same thing.Most of time they mean the same.But there are a little differences in the subject which you want to emphasize and the mood when you talk to somebody.

Nice to meet you here. Hope it will be useful.

Dawn

Think of 把 as a particle to change an active sentence into a passive ones.  Precisely when talking about accurate translation, the English version must be passive.

To 把 or not to 把

我告诉他刚才发生的事
我把刚才发生的事告诉他 What had happened was told to him by me.

I told her what just happened

请你把桌子上的书拿过来给我
拿过来桌子上的书给我

Please pass me the book on the table

请你把书架上的东西拿下来给我看
拿下来书架上的东西拿过来给我

Please take down the thing on the bookshelf and give it to me

我看完了书
我把书看完了

I finished reading the book

我把我所想说的话说出来了
我把我所想说的话说出了口
我说出来了我所想说的话
我说出我所想说的话来了

I said everything that I wanted to (I think these sentences are a little wrong)

As far as I am aware, these sentences all translate the same (into English). Is there a situation or a set of circumstances in which you would choose to use a sentence with 把 over a sentence without 把? Or are these sentences simply different ways of saying the same thing?

Laurence