Confusing
Words:
Come and Go
The
common verbs come
and go
are often
confusing.
One
reason this happens is that come
and
go have the
same basic
meaning, but are used for different
directions.
Come is used to show movement toward
or in
the
direction of the speaker or the person being spoken to:
My
cousin is coming to see
me next week.
Are you coming to my
party?
May I come to your party,
too?
That man's coming toward us.
Who is he?
I need to make an appointment
with Dr.
Jones.
Can I come to see him at 11:00
tomorrow?
Dr. Jones is in a meeting
at 11:00. Can
you
come for your appointment at
11:30?
Go is used to show movement away
from the speaker
or
the person being spoken to:
I'm going to see my cousin
next week.
Are you going to Bill's party?
That man's going toward your
car. Who is he?
I need to go to the bank this
afternoon.
Ginny wants to go to Bora
Bora on her
vacation.
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Special Notes
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The idiom come from
(present tense) is
used to talk about one's home town,
home
state, home country, etc.:
Irina comes from Moscow.
Joe comes from California.
Uyanga comes
from Mongolia.
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Go is often used with the preposition
to:
go to bed / go to school
/
go to the movies /
go to
class /
go to church
/ go to work
go to the grocery store /
go to sleep / go to a party /
go to a concert
(etc.)
In a few fixed expressions,
however,
go is used without a
preposition:
go home / go downtown
/
go uptown
Go is also commonly used with
adverbs
of place, direction, and accompaniment:
go inside / go outside / go
away
go up / go down / go over /
go under / go around /
go with
(etc.)
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Go is also used with many -ing
verbs.
These "go verbing"
expressions usually
describe leisure-time activities:
go biking / go bowling /
go camping / go dancing /
go drinking
/ go fishing /
go hiking / go horseback riding /
go ice skating / go jogging /
go rollerblading
/ go
sailing /
go shopping / go skating /
go windowshopping (etc.)
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