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Tabbyness Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Come Of, From
"He thought nothing bad would come of being late to work."
"He thought nothing bad would come from being late to work."
Semantically, dictionaries think 'come of' and 'come from' are the same. But idiomatically speaking, could there be subtle differences?
"He thought nothing bad would come from being late to work."
Semantically, dictionaries think 'come of' and 'come from' are the same. But idiomatically speaking, could there be subtle differences?
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' Either way, I think the possessive his sonds better to me. nothing would come from/of his being late.....
- ' Either way, I think the possessive his sonds better to me.
- nothing would come from/of his being late.....
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They mean 'come as a result of.' Either way, I think the possessive his sonds better to me. ...nothing would come from/of his being late.....
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