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Rex Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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0 01ul
    00 Le train va passer dans cinq minutes02br
    01i00The train is going to pass / go past in five minutes02i02br
    02br
    00Nous sommes passés devant la porte à midi02br
    01i00We passed by the door at noon02i00 02ul
00 When followed by an infinitive, 01i00passer02i00 means "to go/come to do something": 01ul
    00 Je vais passer te voir demain02br
    01i00I'll come (by to) see you tomorrow02i02br
    02br
    00Pouvez-vous passer acheter du pain ?02br
    01i00Can you go buy some bread?02i00 02ul
00 As a transitive verb (followed by a direct object), 01i00passer02i00 means "to pass/cross/go through" and requires 01i00avoir02i00 in the compound tenses. 01ul
    00 On doit passer la rivière avant le coucher du soleil02br
    01i00We need to cross the river before sunset02i02br
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    00Il a déjà passé la porte02br
    01i00He has already gone through the door02br
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    00 My sole question is on the sentence 'Can you go buy some bread? ' 02br
    00 Is it good English?02br
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    00 Shouldn't it be ' Can you and go and buy some bread' ?02br
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00 0240hrefhttp://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/passer.htm?nl=1
  

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02br 00Then it's fine. ". ".

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0Rex,02br
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00I would think number 1 is best as :02br
00"The train will go past (us) in 5 minutes"02br
00And I would rule out the option using the verb 'to pass' :02br
00"The train is going / will pass in 5 minutes".02br
00The latter sounds pretty awkward to me, unless you add the word 'by' :02br
00"The train is g
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0 Thanks waiti for the comments.02br
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00 Your first language is not English. I hope I guessed correctly.02br
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00 Because you wrote the words 'french sentence'. It should be 'French sentence'.02br
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00 However, my sole question is on the on the words 'Could you go buy some bread? .02br
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00 I wouldn'
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0Hello Rex02br
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00"Could you go buy some bread?" would mostly be heard in American English; "Could you go and buy some bread?" might be heard in either American or British English.02br
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00I'm not sure how it would be regarded in American English; but in British English, it would be viewed by most people as "for colloquial use only".02br
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0 pages on com domain02br
00go(es) to buy 208,000(+23,900)02br
00go(es) and buy(s) 384,000 (+12,000) 02br
00go(es) buy 1,590,000 (+10,600)02br
00went to buy 209,00002br
00went and bought 232,00002br
00went buy 91202br
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00pages on uk domain02br
00go(es) to buy 44,500(+907)02br
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0Very interesting results. It's a pity we can't isolate the imperatives. I would say that "could you go buy" is more unusual in both AmE and BrE than "go buy!".02br
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00It's also possible that e-converse tends to a higher proportion of exhortations to buy this or that than everyday conversation. 02br
02br
00(Actually, mostly "that", to judge by my inbo
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0 01i00Do you go buy?02i00 uk/com=8/127002br
01i00Do you go and buy?02i00 uk/com=30/460 02br
01i00Do you go to buy?02i00 uk/com=141/87002br
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01i00Can you go buy?02i00 uk/com=8/76602br
01i00Can you go and buy?02i00 uk/com=33/436 02b
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0 "Go" often precedes the imperative in American English. It is not formal American English, of course, but is quite acceptable in informal speech.02br
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01i00Go buy some bread. Go get my shoes. Go find your sister. Go play with the other kids.02i02br
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00 These are equally acceptable when the imperative is disguised: 01i
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01cite10Rex12cite12br
11ul
    10Le train va passer dans cinq minutes12br
    11i10The train is going to pass / go past in five minutes12i12br
    12br
    10Nous sommes passés devant la porte à midi12br
    11i10We passed by the door at noon12i10 12ul
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01cite10Rishonly12cite10What is the other language that has been used in this message along with English? French? Spanish?12blockquote
10It's French.02br
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0 Thanks everybody for all the comments. I am studying French nowadays. I have forgotten a lot of French; so I am brushing up my French.0-
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