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Feathers Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I'm 60 come this February

0 Hello all,02br
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01font00I'm 60 come this February.02font02br
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00I heard this handy expression days ago, and wanted to know a little bit more about it. I'd like to know, (1) if this sentence is grammatically impeccable (or a little bit too colloquial?), and (2) how to analyze the usage of 01font01b00come02b00, 02font00grammatically.02br
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0 Yeah, it's a little folksy sounding. 0-

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  • 0 Yeah, it's a little folksy sounding.
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0 Yeah, it's a little folksy sounding. I'll be 60 come February or I'll be 60 in February are a little bit less folksy.0-
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0[Come this Feb…] – I am not sure what this construction is called but it is correct. The forum gurus may analyze this for you. 00 0-
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01cite10Feathers12cite10Hello all,12br
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11font10I'm 60 come this February.12font12br
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10I heard this handy expression days ago, and wanted to know a little bit more about it. I'd like to know, (1) if this sentence is grammatically impeccable (or a littl
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01cite10Feathers12cite10Hello all,12br
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11font10I'm 60 come this February.12font12br
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10Thank you, as always, to your help.12br
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10'Come' is a verb as well as a preposition. IMO, 'come' is here used as a prepositio
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0 From a dictionary:02br
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00"'come' as a preposition (informal) meaning when a specified time is reached or event happens, e.g. 'I don't think that they'll be far away from honors come the new season.'" 0-
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0 I see. I never thought there's a usage of 'come' as preposition. I've been guessing something similar as Pioussoul did. 02br
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00Thank you 01i00so much 02i00for your help, everyone.0-
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