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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

come along

We are going to a picnic tomorrow. Please you also come along with us.

Please you wait for a bus and I will come along at once.

I left the job when my wife came along.

She will use this forum when her computer come along in his house.

Are these sentences correct?

Please help me.
  

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Hi, We are going to a picnic tomorrow. Please come along with us. Please wait for a bus, and I will be along at once.

— Clive

  • Hi, We are going to a picnic tomorrow.
  • Please come along with us.
  • Please wait for a bus, and I will be along at once.
  • I left the job when my wife came along.
  • She will use this forum when her computer come along in his house.
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Hi,

We are going to a picnic tomorrow. Please come along with us.

Please wait for a bus, and I will be along at once.

I left the job when my wife came along.

She will use this forum when her computer come along in his house.

I'm not sure what you mean by #2, and I have no idea at all about what you
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3 is a bit weird as well. 'leave a job' = permanently leave your employment. You left your job because you met your wife?
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Clive
Hi,

Please wait for a bus, and I come along at once.

She will use this forum when her computer come along in his house.

I'm not sure what you mean by #2, and I have no idea at all about what you mean by #4.

Best wishes, Clive

I intended to write the second sentence as, "
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Hi,

Please wait for a bus, and I come along at once Please wait for a bus, and I will come along very soon.

She will use this forum when her computer come along in his house. She can't use this Forum currently because she doesn't have a PC at home, but when it ocomes along she will be able to.
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Thank you Clive.
Now, write a few sentences and post them for comments, OK?Emotion: smile
Ok.

I will le
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Hi,

As I said, it's hard to use this idiom well.

I will leave my smoking when I come along with my wife. I don't know what you mean by 'when I come along with my wife'.

Right now, I can't construct a big bungalow due to money problem, but when it
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Hi,

As I said, it's hard to use this idiom well.

I will leave my smoking when I come along with my wife. I don't know what you mean by 'when I come along with my wife'.

Right now, I can't construct a big bungalow due to money problem, but when it
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Thank you Clive.

Sorry it's a mistake.

I think, it should be, "I will leave my smoking when my wife come along". Am I right?

This example resembles the dictionary example, "I gave up climbing when my first child came along".

Am I right?

Please help me.
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"...when my first child came along" means when his first baby was born. It implies that he fully expected that he and his partner would have a baby in due course, and he decided to give up his hobby of rock-climbing because he wanted to devote the time to his family.

It's not quite the same as your example. I don't think the sample sentence from your definition captures the meaning of t
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Hi,

I think, it should be, "I will leave my smoking when my wife come along". Am I right?

This example resembles the dictionary example, "I gave up climbing when my first child came along". Yes.

"I stopped (or 'quit' or 'gave up') smoking when my wife came along".

The idea is that I stopped smoking when
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