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by magicpiano88
Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:52 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Are you coming or going?
Replies: 5
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After thinking about this for a bit, this sounds like a good explanation to me: "come" is usually used in conjunction with "with" or "to" prepositional phrases involving either the speaker or the listener. "Are you coming {with me} to dinner?" What is complicated is that the prepositional objects ma...
by magicpiano88
Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:27 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Are you coming or going?
Replies: 5
Views: 2221

Are you coming or going?

A student of mine had confusion between usages of 'come' and 'go'. Example: We've been invited to a party. Let's call them and tell them we _____. Her first answer was "are going", which opened a very nice can of worms. More examples (implied context in {}): I'm going to the movies. Are you coming {...