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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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They [had come to look for me]
The protagonist recalls his childhood.
He and Peggotty, the only maid of his house came to Yarmouth, her hometown and visited her brother, Mr. Peggotty's house.
They stayed there several days.
They just now came back home, and he knew his mother was remarried, and that his bedroom was removed to another place; he cried himself to sleep on the stairway.
I was awakened by somebody saying "Here he is!" and uncovering my hot head. My mother and Pegotty had come to look for me, and it was one of them who had done it.
"Davy," said my mother. "What's the matter?"
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know why it is "had came to look for me," not "had come looking for me."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He and Peggotty, the only maid of his house came to Yarmouth, her hometown and visited her brother, Mr. Peggotty's house.
They stayed there several days.
They just now came back home, and he knew his mother was remarried, and that his bedroom was removed to another place; he cried himself to sleep on the stairway.
I was awakened by somebody saying "Here he is!" and uncovering my hot head. My mother and Pegotty had come to look for me, and it was one of them who had done it.
"Davy," said my mother. "What's the matter?"
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know why it is "had came to look for me," not "had come looking for me."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
"come to look for me" and "come looking for me" mean more or less the same. In certain contexts the latter might arguably sound more menacing, but in this context either phrase would work.
- "come to look for me" and "come looking for me" mean more or less the same.
- In certain contexts the latter might arguably sound more menacing, but in this context either phrase would work.
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"come to look for me" and "come looking for me" mean more or less the same. In certain contexts the latter might arguably sound more menacing, but in this context either phrase would work.
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