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Pructus Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Meaning of back
“back” seems to have two meanings, (A) “again” and (B) “in a rear place”.
1. In the below, all three mean “again”?
a. Get back here.
b. All right, let's come on over back here.
c. Okay, give me what you owe me, and I'll head on back.
2. And the “b.” isn’t somewhat weird?
I feel that “let’s” should be omited, thus “come on over back here”
If the speaker is already “back here”, can he say “Let’s come on over back here”?
Why “let’s” is used here?
3. "I'll head on back." means "I'll go straight back without any detour"?
1. In the below, all three mean “again”?
a. Get back here.
b. All right, let's come on over back here.
c. Okay, give me what you owe me, and I'll head on back.
2. And the “b.” isn’t somewhat weird?
I feel that “let’s” should be omited, thus “come on over back here”
If the speaker is already “back here”, can he say “Let’s come on over back here”?
Why “let’s” is used here?
3. "I'll head on back." means "I'll go straight back without any detour"?
Top answer
pructus 1. In the below, all three mean “again”? No.
- pructus 1.
- In the below, all three mean “again”?
- No.
- They all mean "return".
- Get (move) back (returning to where you were before) here (at this spot = where you were before).
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pructus1. In the below, all three mean “again”?No. They all mean "return".
Get (move) back (returning to where you were before) here (at this spot = where you were before).
All right, let's come (move toward me) on (I'm encouraging you) over (you'll have to move through some distance) back (returning) here.
OK. Give me what you owe me, and
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pructus2. And the “b.” isn’t somewhat weird?For me, yes. If I wanted to combine "over" and "back" like this, I would say "come on back over here".
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