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lostin1800
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 Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: come |
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In an article an interviewee says 'I've been married 26 years come October.'
Is the 'come' an adjective meaning 'coming', or is it a misprint?
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myprofe
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: this coming October |
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Come October = next October, this October, in October, when October "comes"
I would have said, "I will have been married 26 years ......"
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Outsider
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: Re: this coming October |
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| myprofe wrote: |
Come October = next October, this October, in October, when October "comes"
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In 'come October', is the 'come' an adjective or a verb?
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myprofe
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: come |
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For me it's a verb referring to the arrival of a point in time.
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