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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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come to mind

Is this how you naturally use 'come to mind'?

It didn't come to [my] mind to ask her if I could pay for half.

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It works, with or without my .

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It works, with or without my.
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AnonymousIs this how you naturally use 'come to mind'?It didn't come to [my] mind to ask her if I could pay for half.
It seems to me that 'my' ('your', etc.) is not often used in that expression, but it fits pretty well in that sentence.

I tried to think of a similar case, but nothing came to mind.
What comes to mind first when you see a child cry
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AnonymousIt didn't come to [my] mind to ask her if I could pay for half.
Somehow, it seems 'off'—either we don't use it in that position or something, or it's a different idiom needed? I cannot see the problem, but I keep wanting to change it to these:

It didn't come into my mind to ask her if I could pay for half.
Asking her if
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Hello Cj
What is your choice?

It didn't come into my mind to ask her if I could pay for half.
Asking her if I could pay for half never came into my mind.

It didn't come to my mind to ask her if I could pay for half.

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AnonymousIt didn't come into my mind to ask her if I could pay for half.
First choice.

CJ
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