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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Had come or had gone?

Hi,

Could anyone please tell me if the following sentence is correct with "had come" or if it should be replaced with "had gone" - and how does one know which is the correct choice?

"What they didn't even take the time to find out was that I had come there that day prepared to purchase a car."

Thank you!
  

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gone there. come here. CJ

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  • gone there.
  • come here.
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gone there.

come here.

CJ
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In this context "come" is used when the movement is towards the speaker or to the listener, "go" is a movement away from the speaker.

In your sentence you therefore need "had gone"

Here are some examples from the Cambridge dictionary.

Are you coming with me?

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had come is fine.

by the way, has anywone any idea, where I could find an online tutor? any websites?
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Thank you very much. Your reply was very helpful and much appreciated!
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hey

I know one, my niece find a great literature teacher here Emotion: smile its not the best yet, but worth a try: <<Link removed
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That might be interesting for me, i do online tutoring a lot, can anyone register? How do the students pay?
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what was the sites name again?
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teachingglobal.com
Lately I saw it is free to register so I did! But I saw they have only a few teachers, hope it gets more popular...Do you have any other sites in mind besides this to do online tutoring for no reg fees?
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there is aniother online tutor site, its called .... school.com, i cant recall the first part of their name.
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