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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

To come over-to turn/to happen

Hello!.

I have two simple questions about the use of the verb "to come over".

Could I say:"She is turning yellow" and "She is coming over yellow"?. Would they have the same meaning?.

And could I say:" I don´t know what is happening to her" and "I don´t know what is coming over her"?. Do they have the same meaning?

Thank you very much in advance.
  

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for learning Could I say:"She is turning yellow" and "She is coming over yellow"?. The first is OK. It would normally be understood as referring to a rather dramatic medical event, in which her skin is actually changing colour.

— Mr Wordy

  • for learning Could I say:"She is turning yellow" and "She is coming over yellow"?.
  • The first is OK.
  • It would normally be understood as referring to a rather dramatic medical event, in which her skin is actually changing colour.
  • I suppose it could also refer to a lighting effect.
  • The second is a pretty unusual use of "coming over".
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for learningCould I say:"She is turning yellow" and "She is coming over yellow"?.
The first is OK. It would normally be understood as referring to a rather dramatic medical event, in which her skin is actually changing colour. I suppose it could also refer to a lighting effect.

The second is a pretty unusual use of "coming over". I can't imagine a si
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"I don't know what's coming over her" works for me in the present progressive.
More common might be, "I don't know what's been coming over her lately."

I hear "She's coming over yellow" as a variation on "She's coming through yellow," which was much more common in the early days of color TV, when frigging with the adjustments was a real challenge.

"To come over" is to be tra
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Thank you very much Mr Wordy!. You have clarified my doubts.

Regards.

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