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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

go back (to)

Which is correct?
Things will go back just the way they were.
Things will go back to the way they were.

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You say 'they were' at the end which tells me you refer to something, so it will be better this way: Things will go back just to where they were. And if you refer to life situations, you can say Things will go back just the way they have already (gone).

  • You say 'they were' at the end which tells me you refer to something, so it will be better this way: Things will go back just to where they were.
  • And if you refer to life situations, you can say Things will go back just the way they have already (gone).
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You say 'they were' at the end which tells me you refer to something, so it will be better this way:
Things will go back just to where they were. 

And if you refer to life situations, you can say
Things will go back just the way they have already (gone).

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