Coming or going?
Coming or going... this should be easy, but people usually get it wrong.Is there a rule in English explaining this? I don't know.
but, I do know COME to or GO away.
I'm GOING to the movies tonight. Right?
We are GOING to the movies tonight. Right?
If I booked some service calls and the boss wants to know what is happening, I would be correct to say the serviceman is GOING to see Mrs. Smith at 2pm
I'm here and you are there. I invite you to my house and I say "Come over"
Let's say, you cannot go out and instead, invite me. You say "Come over."
In both cases the person is GOING to meet the other person.
Expecting you to COME to my house, I call and ask your whereabouts it's incorrect to say "I'm coming to your house" because (from your perspective) you are GOING to my house.
Coming or going... got it?
Next blog I think I'll address the abbreviated spelling of etcetera again.
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Once it's agreed that I'm going to your house that statement isn't used again because we both know that I am the one going to your house.
So if I'm late and you phone me I will say "I'll be there in a minute" "Or I'm on my way" but I won't repeat the obvious.
Hope that was what you were asking because I found your question difficult to follow.
I had never even seen it before I joined CS.
Over here we don't say "I'm coming to your house", we say "I'm going to your house".
The one that says "I'm going to your house"I prefer to say that also.
My ex-wife used to say:
Could-a, should-a, would-a
I bet the WHO neglected that one in their consequences of Covid statistics.
Could-a, should-a, would-a
I often say the above ^^
I have no objections.
Merc, that puts you on a special list !
If you want to learn something you go to school.
While you are in school, you are learning.
At some point you complete studies and have learned the lesson(s)
Where does learnt apply?
Maybe some of us Aussies have a lingo all of our own
Agreed. The local Classic Rock music station hired a female Australian DJ with a thick accent. I often squint to understand what she's saying!
I used to take music lessons from a guy from Ireland. Thick accent and I didn't get all the words he was saying. Thumb sounded like tumb.
Sorry Merc..................in America there is no "t" at the end of the word learn
And to make it worse, people pronounce it
The way you used it would be ..................Learned applies to me
Hisself is often used in place of himself.
I have found the the people in America who use hisself are typically from Southern states.
Example:
Billy painted the house by hisself.
Yes
Sounds like you don't know if you're coming or going anyway!
Going to bed now, but thanks for coming to my blog...
But far be it from me to keep an old peep past his bedtime!
I often say the above
Merc, that puts you on a special list !
Is that a compliment?
I have found the the people in America who use hisself are typically from Southern states.
'Would've' is vernacular, 'would of' is not only grammatically incorrect, but doesn't fully express colloquialism. That's the heinous and grating crime.
'Hisself' accurately reflects the spoken word, even if it's grammatically incorrect, as in: 'e sha' hi'self, din 'e?
@Jac
Would the Queen say it the same way as you voiced it Jac?
(And I'm half German).
@chat, you need to do one on taught, thought, though, taut.
My pet hates would be the incorrect use of "fewer and less", "whom and who" "infer and imply".
CS is a wonderful source of grammatical errors, very useful when teaching English.
Where, wear, we're, their, there, they're - I know the difference in my dyslexic heart, but they're still back-stabbing vipers that I sometimes only spot after I've posted.
But 'whom' is such a beautiful word, perhaps only surpassed by 'whomsoever'. ""
I fully agree but I simply can never remember which to use. I'll tell you what, I will try using whom by default and see what happens, just for fun, how's that. I love writers whom use whomsoever. Just kidding.
"" Where, wear, we're, their, there, they're - I know the difference in my dyslexic heart, but they're still back-stabbing vipers that I sometimes only spot after I've posted.""
Bless your dyslexic heart.
When I'm writing I say the words in my mind and my fingers do the typing. When I read what I've written, I see that I haven't finished some of the words. e.g. ha, instead of have. This is a new thing to deal with.
(And I'm half German).
Roger that
Is that a compliment?
Yes, it is...
Very colorful personality, you have.