Come to pick me up or come and pick me up?
Would you please check if the following beginning of a phone conversation is correct? Thank you.
Sarah: Dad, It's me. I'm at the (train) station. Could/Would (Please delete as appropriate) you do me a favor, please? Could/Would (Please delete as appropriate) you come and/to (Please delete as appropriate) pick me up?
Also, in your own words, how would you express the above concept? Thank you
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Come to pick me up or come and pick me up? I'd say 'and' because this is what I and most people say in a casual conversation like this. Clive
- Come to pick me up or come and pick me up?
- I'd say 'and' because this is what I and most people say in a casual conversation like this.
- Clive
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teal limeDad, It's me. I'm at the (train) station. Could you do me a favor, please? Could you come and pick me up?
I'd say it as shown above.
CJ
(Answered at the request of the OP.)
0Around here, and in many other places, I suppose, it's "Please come pick me up." Let the grammarians figure out what the story is with that, but that's what we say. I guess it's the same model as "Can you go get her?" "Go get it." "Come bail me out of jail." It strikes me as an old locution and not colloquial.
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