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Jadel Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Come across

"Her words will come across as judgmental and guilt inducing."
Does "come across" in this sentence mean "behave"?
  

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No. Her words will be interpreted as . .

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No.
Her words will be interpreted as . . .
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Why do they write it like this?
"Her words come across..."
It must be "Her words will be come..."
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No. You need Simple Future,. Active Voice - will come.

will be interpreted is Passive Voice.
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Do you mean "Her words will be come across..."
Is not grammatically correct?
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Jadel"Her words will be come across..."
This is incorrect.
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Jadel"Her words will come across as judgmental and guilt inducing."Does "come across" in this sentence mean "behave"?
No. "come across as" is more like "seem" (if you're looking for an active voice substitute).

CJ
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Thank you very much for your helpful information.
But I just have one question..
Come across sometimes means to find something by chance.
So, is it correct to say "Those pictures were come across"
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is it correct to say "Those pictures were come across"?

It's not wrong, but it sounds rather clumsy.

Active Voice is better, eg I came across those pictures.

Clive
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JadelCome across sometimes means to find something by chance.
Yes, but your original sentence has "come across as". The word "as" is important.

I came across a joke in a book. (I accidentally found it when I wasn't even looking for it.)
His remark came across as a joke. (It seemed to be a joke. Those w
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I got it.
Thank you so much.

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