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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

come down on

I have decided to come down on the side of government in this issue.

Is this sentence grammatically and semantically perfect?

Please help me.
  

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Hi, I have decided to come down on the side of government in this issue. It seems fine but, as usual. much depends on the context in which you would say this.

— Clive

  • Hi, I have decided to come down on the side of government in this issue.
  • It seems fine but, as usual.
  • much depends on the context in which you would say this.
  • In some contexts, you would say 'the government' .
  • We also often say 'on this issue'.
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Hi,

I have decided to come down on the side of government in this issue.

It seems fine but, as usual. much depends on the context in which you would say this.

In some contexts, you would say 'the government'.

We also often say 'on this issue'.

Best wishes, Clive
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I have decided to come down for him.

So far, I have managed to come down to my mother against father.

Are these sentences correct?
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Hi,

I have decided to come down for him.

So far, I have managed to come down to my mother against father.

Are these sentences correct? No. The idiomatic usage we were looking at earlier in this thread was come down on the side of someone/something, meaning to ch
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