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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Come On Over To
Washington Post
"Pickups line the highway as the townsfolk come on over to observe Ray round off the pitcher's mound, pour the lines of lime, mount floodlights and bleachers."
In dictionaries, I could find "come on" and "come over to", but not "come on over to". What does "come on over to" mean?
"Pickups line the highway as the townsfolk come on over to observe Ray round off the pitcher's mound, pour the lines of lime, mount floodlights and bleachers."
In dictionaries, I could find "come on" and "come over to", but not "come on over to". What does "come on over to" mean?
Top answer
come on ('on' is encouragement) over (indicating a distance) to (short form of 'in order to') observe.
- come on ('on' is encouragement) over (indicating a distance) to (short form of 'in order to') observe.
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It is a reasonably common grouping of adverbs; all those particles add a note of casualness:
...come on ('on' is encouragement) over (indicating a distance) to (short form of 'in order to') observe...
...come on ('on' is encouragement) over (indicating a distance) to (short form of 'in order to') observe...
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"Come on" is used as encouragement by a first-person to a second-person. The article is written in a third-person voice.
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"He came on over to his friend's house for dinner."
"He came over to his friend's house for dinner."
The second sentence is indisputably correct. Would the first one be okay?
"He came over to his friend's house for dinner."
The second sentence is indisputably correct. Would the first one be okay?
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How do you know that the 2nd is indisputably correct? Both are OK, as are 'He came to' and 'He came around to'. Context will decide the most 'correct'.
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From that brief excerpt, I suspect that Raymond (or the narrator) found her action encouraging.
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Here is the expanded:
"Raymond decided to spend Sunday night with his grandmother, but when he came back Monday, I wend over to his house to see if he wanted to go swmming or fish. He did,, so I spent most of the morning over there. About an hour or so before lunch, Marcie walked out of the path through the woods from Raymond's house and into the clearing around the pond. She
"Raymond decided to spend Sunday night with his grandmother, but when he came back Monday, I wend over to his house to see if he wanted to go swmming or fish. He did,, so I spent most of the morning over there. About an hour or so before lunch, Marcie walked out of the path through the woods from Raymond's house and into the clearing around the pond. She
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MeggPhaggSioux,
I think it would be advantageous to you that you don't continue making authoritative and challenging statements if your main interest is to learn from the natives and those who have the knowledge be it here, or anywhere else. "Came on over ..." is correct, as well as just "came over" but the former is more appropriate. In the context of the book, Raymond and the author wen
I think it would be advantageous to you that you don't continue making authoritative and challenging statements if your main interest is to learn from the natives and those who have the knowledge be it here, or anywhere else. "Came on over ..." is correct, as well as just "came over" but the former is more appropriate. In the context of the book, Raymond and the author wen
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But nobody, tell her to "come on" or otherwise encourage her.
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