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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Native like or not - are you /driving/ me home?
Dear All,
Here's the situation:
I take a bike. My friend takes a bike. We are supposed to go different ways but all of a sudden she starts going in the same direction as I am. Then I wanna ask her whether she's going to follow me all the way home. Should I say:
a) Are you driving me home? (sounds a bit strange since she's not the driver and I'm not her passenger)
b) Are you seeing me off? (this one sounds like sth we say when we want to say goodbye to sb before he/she leaves for a trip or journey)
c) Are you taking me home? (again, I'm not her passenger)
d) Are you accompanying me home? (sounds incorrect but I don't know why)
e) Are you accompanying me on the way home? (I don't know if it's correct or not but I suppose that there's a slight implication that it's our home, not just mine... perhaps I should add my way home)
f) Are you going to accompany me home? (again... sounds weird... as if she was going to accompany me AT HOME)
g) Are you going to accompany on the way home?
I'd be grateful if you could help me out here.
Here's the situation:
I take a bike. My friend takes a bike. We are supposed to go different ways but all of a sudden she starts going in the same direction as I am. Then I wanna ask her whether she's going to follow me all the way home. Should I say:
a) Are you driving me home? (sounds a bit strange since she's not the driver and I'm not her passenger)
b) Are you seeing me off? (this one sounds like sth we say when we want to say goodbye to sb before he/she leaves for a trip or journey)
c) Are you taking me home? (again, I'm not her passenger)
d) Are you accompanying me home? (sounds incorrect but I don't know why)
e) Are you accompanying me on the way home? (I don't know if it's correct or not but I suppose that there's a slight implication that it's our home, not just mine... perhaps I should add my way home)
f) Are you going to accompany me home? (again... sounds weird... as if she was going to accompany me AT HOME)
g) Are you going to accompany on the way home?
I'd be grateful if you could help me out here.
Top answer
Last sentence should be corrected. I'm sorry, I was typing quicky. g) Are you going to accompany me on the/my way home?
- Last sentence should be corrected.
- I'm sorry, I was typing quicky.
- g) Are you going to accompany me on the/my way home?
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Last sentence should be corrected. I'm sorry, I was typing quicky.
g) Are you going to accompany me on the/my way home?
g) Are you going to accompany me on the/my way home?
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Well, definitely not a), nor b), nor c).
In this context, there is little difference between d) and f), and between e) and g), so let's ignore that difference.
Using the verb "accompany" may be considered quite formal. It's probably not something you use in your daily life. However, none of the last 4 options sounds wrong to me...
I guess you could use any of the last 4
In this context, there is little difference between d) and f), and between e) and g), so let's ignore that difference.
Using the verb "accompany" may be considered quite formal. It's probably not something you use in your daily life. However, none of the last 4 options sounds wrong to me...
I guess you could use any of the last 4
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