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[sleeper]

Hi, there.

Today I'd like to ask you about the difference between 'come' and 'go'.

If you want to ask your friend to attend school together, which of the following sentences is usually used?

#1. Will you come to school with me?
#2. Will you go to school with me?

What is the difference in usage between these two sentences?

I'll be glad if you give me a minute explanation.

Thanks.

[Mister Micawber]

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Both sentences are common. It is just a matter of the direction and relative position that the speaker is imagining:

1. Will you come to school with me? -- the speaker sees himself walking to school, and his friend approaching him ('coming'), to join him.
2. Will you go to school with me? -- the speaker envisions himself and his friend 'here' and the school 'over there', where they are 'going'.
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