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HaffiezMike Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies

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0 WHICH ONE IS CORRECT : 02br
00IF I CAME THERE.....I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN 02br
00IF I COME THERE.....I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN 02br
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00IF I TOLD YOU.....I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN 02br
00IF I TELL YOU.....I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN 02br
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00TELL ME IF I AM WRONG TO USE PAST-TENSE WHEN USING 'IF' OR TELL ME WHICH ONE IS CORRECT AND WHATEVER hehehe 050010id4
  

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0First, Mike-- please do not type in all capital letters. In netiquette, it is rude. It also means that I have to re-type your sentences rather than copying and pasting them.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0First, Mike-- please do not type in all capital letters.
  • In netiquette, it is rude.
  • It also means that I have to re-type your sentences rather than copying and pasting them.
  • 02br 02br 00Now-- these are right: 02br 02br 00If I come there / tell you, I don't know what will happen.
  • 02br 00If I came there / told you, I don't know what would happen.
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0First, Mike-- please do not type in all capital letters. In netiquette, it is rude. It also means that I have to re-type your sentences rather than copying and pasting them. 02br
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00Now-- these are right: 02br
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00If I come there / tell you, I don't know what will happen. 02br
00If I came there / told you, I don't know what would happ
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0 "If I come there"?? 02br
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00Shoudn't it be, "If I GO there....." or "If I come OVER....." instead, Mister Micawber?? 0-
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0No. 'Come there' is fine, if the speaker is on the phone to that place, for instance. 0-
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0 Well Mister Micawber, maybe it's fine with American English but I doubt if it is okay with British English because the British chaps I just asked, told me that it is not only silly but outright stupid to say "If I come there...". They suggest I say , "If I come over...." 0-
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0 Displeased father to rebellious child: 02br
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00"Come here, boy." 02br
00"No. You come here." 02br
00"Didn't you hear what I said? I said, come here!" 02br
00"I don't want to come there. You come here." 02br
00"If I come there, boy, you will be very sorry indeed." 02br
00"See if I care..." 02br
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0 Boy who has just broken a window pane. 02br
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00Man: "Come over here, boy." 02br
00Boy: "No, I won't." 02br
00M: "Didn't you hear what I said? I said, come here!" 02br
00B: "I won't come over because you'd beat me." 02br
00M: "If I come over and get you, boy, you will be very sorry indeed." 02br
00B: "You'd
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0 Yes, that's fine too. 02br
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0 QUOTE: the British chaps I just asked, told me that it is not only silly but outright stupid to say "If I come there...". 02br
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00I'm English and I can assure you that it's fine, when used in the correct context. Perhaps you gave the "British chaps" an example in a poor context? 02br
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00If I come there, now, I'll miss my lunch. 02br
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0 Eimai Anglos, 02br
00How about the expression, "bring me to the airport"? Shouldn't it be "take me to the airport"? 02br
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00If you claim that "come there" is correct English, then "go here" must be correct too. e.g. 02br
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00"Go here to the cellar and when you come there but still don't find it, find someone to bring you there and take
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0 QUOTE: How about the expression, "bring me to the airport"? Shouldn't it be "take me to the airport"? 02br
00It should, unless you are already there when you say it. For example: "Bring me to the airport again next week and we'll have lunch". 02br
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00QUOTE: If you claim that "come there" is correct English, 02br
00I'm not claiming I'm telling y
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