Timeline for A South African English teacher (Austrian descent) said we have to use "go back home", not "come back home"? Is he right? [duplicate]
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Scott - Слава Україні tchrist♦ |
Duplicate of How to identify "deictic center" for distinguishing "come" & "go"? | |
| Aug 29, 2016 at 21:19 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 18, 2015 at 15:58 | vote | accept | Tom | ||
| Nov 18, 2015 at 8:08 | comment | added | Grizzly | By the way, are you sure the teacher is Austrian? Or Australian? As far as I know Austrians speak German. Of course, he can be an English teacher. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 7:42 | comment | added | Hot Licks | There is a tendency in certain dialects in the US to interchange "come" and "go", as well as "bring" and "take". The inversion doesn't occur in every context, but often with reference to "home". (I haven't studied what specific cues result in this inversion.) (But what @grizzly says is the "correct" way to use the terms.) | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 6:45 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 18, 2015 at 5:54 | comment | added | deadrat | I think rather that South African English teachers of Austrian descent have their own styles. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 5:38 | answer | added | Grizzly | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 5:18 | history | asked | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |