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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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I have come?

Suddenly I found "I have come to ask permission"
What this "I have come" means here?
Is it something like "I decide" or the speach are going about real walking?

Thanks a lot

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Dear friend, I see no idiomatic meaning here. Come to do sth stands for to arrive somewhere in order to do sth or get sth: I’ve come for my book. I’ve come about my book.

— Andriy Lapin

  • Dear friend, I see no idiomatic meaning here.
  • Come to do sth stands for to arrive somewhere in order to do sth or get sth: I’ve come for my book.
  • I’ve come about my book.
  • I’ve come to get my book .
  • Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Dear friend,

I see no idiomatic meaning here. Come to do sth stands for to arrive somewhere in order to do sth or get sth:

I’ve come for my book.
I’ve come about my book.
I’ve come to get my book.

Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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