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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Come on in

0I know "Come in" is a very typical way of inviting people into your house.02br
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0 Hi,02br 00yeah, I always hear "Come on in" instead of "Come in", but I never tried to find out why. 02br 02br 05002br 02br 02i 00 010id1

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  • 0 Hi,02br 00yeah, I always hear "Come on in" instead of "Come in", but I never tried to find out why.
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0 Hi,02br
00yeah, I always hear "Come on in" instead of "Come in", but I never tried to find out why. But since you asked this question, I just checked my dictionary, and it says:02br
01i01u01b00come on in/over/up/etc.:02b02u00 used to tell someone to come in, over, up, etc., usually in a friendly way.02br
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0 01i00on02i00 is added to the imperatives 01i00come02i00 and 01i00go02i00 to show that the speaker is encouraging the listener to perform the action. It may also show that the speaker is somewhat impatient to have the command obeyed.02br
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