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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Safe or Safely?

Go safe/safely
which one is correct and why? Could you please help?

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Again, in American or British English, neither phrase is natural. What do you mean by 'go'?

  • Again, in American or British English, neither phrase is natural.
  • What do you mean by 'go'?
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Again, in American or British English, neither phrase is natural. What do you mean by 'go'?
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Is it?!?

Okay, if you are on the phone call with your friend and he is telling you that he is coming to your home tonight.

So, I tell him: Come safe/safely (Means "Come to my home safely")

Is that correct?!

Thanks,
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You can tell him to drive safely.
(It means to drive in a safe manner.)
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So the sentences "Come safely" or "Come safe" doesn't make any sense, and is entirely wrong???

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Come/go safely are as grammatically correct as drive safely; they just seem odd expressions to me.
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@MM
You are always great!
BTW, what does "odd expressions" mean? Something which is not so common?

So, would it be better to always say "Take care" while someone is leaving rather than to say "Go safely" ?

Thank you.
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Yes, 'take care' is always nice.

Let me add a bit on to my earlier comments, though. At EF, you are getting advice in mostly American English and British English, because most of our moderators are native to or competent in one or the other. And AmE and BrE are also the current standards toward which most foreign learners—in east Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa— strive. I don't th
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That is really a big answer I ever received! No words to say thanks to you MM.

In reality people will stare at me if I speak like Americans or British in my local. But, when speaking like "We ain't got no money" makes others have a low value about the speaker, I think the same will happen to me too if I happen to talk to someone from English-speaking country in a way that I speak with my
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By the way, can you please tell my english fluency level just by going through my words? Is that poor, average, good, bad or worst?-- It is really not possible to judge overall fluency from written English only. Many Japanese, for instance, write fluently but cannot speak a word. Your written English seems upper intermediate to me.
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Your written English seems upper intermediate to me
Thank you for judging my written English. I should seriously concentrate more on both written and spoken English. And hope that that this forum would be a great place to start with.

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