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Hans51 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

They come to ruin.

They come to ruin.

Here in the sentence, ruin is a noun or a verb?

Or either one is possible and they carry the same meaning? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.

  

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Hans51 Here in the sentence, ruin is a noun or a verb? It's a noun, and it is not a matter of opinion. Things can also come to naught or to nothing.

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  • Hans51 Here in the sentence, ruin is a noun or a verb?
  • It's a noun, and it is not a matter of opinion.
  • Things can also come to naught or to nothing.
  • This use in a declarative sentence in the simple present is unusual.
  • I can't think of a convenient context for it.
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Hans51Here in the sentence, ruin is a noun or a verb?

It's a noun, and it is not a matter of opinion. Things can also come to naught or to nothing.

This use in a declarative sentence in the simple present is unusual. I can't think of a convenient context for it. I would expect

"They came to ruin."

or

"They have come to ruin."

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