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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

That saying come

She sent me a message that saying come.

I wonder whether this sentence is correct and makes sense? If not, what would you say ?
  

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She sent me a message that saying come . Doubt it was written by a native speaker. "

  • She sent me a message that saying come .
  • Doubt it was written by a native speaker.
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She sent me a message that saying come.

Doubt it was written by a native speaker. It seems to mix two options:

"She sent a message that I should come."
"She sent a message saying to come."
"She sent a message saying that I should come."
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I think, she sent a message saying to come is close to what I meant.
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A more natural version is:
She sent me a message asking / telling me to come.
She sent him a message asking / telling him to come.

Usually you don't "say a person to come", but "ask a person to come" or "tell a person to come"
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AlpheccaStarsA more natural version is:
She sent me a message asking / telling me to come.
She sent him a message asking / telling him to come.

Usually you don't "say a person to come", but "ask a person to come" or "tell a person to come"

Hi, A
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The phrase "saying to come" is grammatically OK and is understandable, but I would not use it.
Instead, I would use:

telling (indirect object) to come
asking (indirect object) to come
ordering... etc.
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AlpheccaStarsUsually you don't "say a person to come", but "ask a person to come" or "tell a person to come"
Sounds fine to me (London native).
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Hey, Huevos, where ya been?? Emotion: smile
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I've been sunning myself but now it's June it's too hot for that so I'm back to the forum.
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HuevosUsually you don't "say a person to come" (A. Stars) -- Sounds fine to me (London native).
I don't believe it! People in London don't say "Laura said Frank to come"! Are you sure you hear this in London?

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