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Maruko54 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is "I'm going to you, USA!" proper English?
Hi all. I'm confused about come and go.
In my understanding so far, come is used when someone(something) moves to the speaker's place or the listener's place. Go isn't used in those situations.
But, I can see many "I'm going to you" sentences when I google it.
For example,
Barcelona, I'm going to you
http://es.memegenerator.net/instance/20326337
I'm going to you, USA!
http://bahbka07.livejournal.com/
Jamaica, I'm going to you!
"Join our community! Jamaica I'm going to you! Posted February 16th, 2012 - 11:33 pm from Montevideo, Uruguay. This member has chosen to allow only ..."
I think you can understand what those sentences mean, so do I.
But, are they proper English? Or, for some reason, they choose wrong verb purposely because the speakers wants to emphasis "going"?
I have another example of "I'm going to you".
I can see many "I'm going to you how to..." sentences on the Internet.
Is it also correct usage?
I presume it should be "I'm going to (show) you how to...."
How about my guess? Is it OK?
In my understanding so far, come is used when someone(something) moves to the speaker's place or the listener's place. Go isn't used in those situations.
But, I can see many "I'm going to you" sentences when I google it.
For example,
Barcelona, I'm going to you
http://es.memegenerator.net/instance/20326337
I'm going to you, USA!
http://bahbka07.livejournal.com/
Jamaica, I'm going to you!
"Join our community! Jamaica I'm going to you! Posted February 16th, 2012 - 11:33 pm from Montevideo, Uruguay. This member has chosen to allow only ..."
I think you can understand what those sentences mean, so do I.
But, are they proper English? Or, for some reason, they choose wrong verb purposely because the speakers wants to emphasis "going"?
I have another example of "I'm going to you".
I can see many "I'm going to you how to..." sentences on the Internet.
Is it also correct usage?
I presume it should be "I'm going to (show) you how to...."
How about my guess? Is it OK?
Top answer
"I'm going to you, x" sounds bad to me. " Because of the use of "you" it should be "coming": I'm coming to you, Jamaica! maruko54 I'm going to you!
- "I'm going to you, x" sounds bad to me.
- " Because of the use of "you" it should be "coming": I'm coming to you, Jamaica!
- maruko54 I'm going to you!
- Posted February 16th, 2012 - 11:33 pm from Montevideo, Uruguay .
- I question whether these were native speakers.
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"I'm going to you, x" sounds bad to me. This might be a hybrid of "I'm going to Jamaica" and "I'm coming to you." Because of the use of "you" it should be "coming": I'm coming to you, Jamaica!
maruko54 I'm going to you! Posted February 16th, 2012 - 11:33 pm from Montevideo, Uruguay.I question whether these were native speakers.
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Shawn79,
Thank you for such a quick reply.
Your explanation is very clear and very easy to understand.
> I question whether these were native speakers.
Yes, me too. But I'm also not a native speaker, so, I'm not confident of my English very well.
Thank you for such a quick reply.
Your explanation is very clear and very easy to understand.
> I question whether these were native speakers.
Yes, me too. But I'm also not a native speaker, so, I'm not confident of my English very well.
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