Is it go back or come back?
I have a grammar question for you: I was talking to my friend tonight about plans for two weeks. We are going to be in Delhi at an Ayurvedic retreat center. I told my friend, "After the retreat is over, we all will leave Delhi and go back to Vrindavan." My friend said, "Is it go back or come back?" I said, "Go back." He said that doesn't make any sense. We are from Vrindavan, and you are talking to me now, we are in Vrindavan, so we coming back to Vrindavan." I said, "No, I am talking about when we are in Delhi in two weeks. We all will be in Delhi, none of us will be in Vrindavan. So we will go back to Vrindavan." He said that I am wrong. I said that he is wrong. Anyone care to shed some light on this one? Which is correct and why? Thank you!
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In that situation it is natural to say "come back".
- In that situation it is natural to say "come back".
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The choice depends on where you are standing at the time you say your sentence.
You are planning this in Vrindavan. You haven't taken your trip yet. So motion away from Vrindavan is expressed with the verb 'go', and motion toward Vrindavan is expressed with the verb 'come'.
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After the retreat is over, we all will leave Delhi and come back to Vrindavan.
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