Come back
I have a question regarding the usage of "come back". "Come back" means return, right?
Let's set up a situation. Person A and Person B (in a zombie apocalypse) encounter Person C when they were looting houses.
Person A: "If you come back to our base, we can't guarantee your safety. We have a really bad flu in the camp, and you may die there."
Before "we can't guarantee your safety. We have a really bad flu in the camp, and you may die there", it made sense (as the zombies were out there), but once Person A said that, I got really confused. If you say "come back", aren't you referring to the time in which you are returning? Or can it also mean once you return? Does it depend on context?
Top answer
"If you come back to our base" means "if you come with us when we go back to our base". The meaning gets all mashed together. This is normal everyday speech, and everybody understands it that way.
- "If you come back to our base" means "if you come with us when we go back to our base".
- The meaning gets all mashed together.
- This is normal everyday speech, and everybody understands it that way.
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"If you come back to our base" means "if you come with us when we go back to our base". The meaning gets all mashed together. This is normal everyday speech, and everybody understands it that way.
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