Re: come/go?
- From: the Omrud <usenet.omrud@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:06:07 GMT
shineraju@xxxxxxxxx had it ...
<quote>
Last month Gary was in hospital for an operation. Liz didn't know
this, so she didn't go to visit him. They met a few days ago. Liz
said: If I had known you were in hospital, I would have *gone* to
visit you.
</quote>
Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, 2nd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1994), p. 78.
The verb 'come' sounds more natural to me in the above example
sentence. However, if the conversation were between Liz and someone
other than Gary, I would have no problem with Liz using the verb 'go'
instead of 'come'. What do you think?
Google disagrees with me:
1. "I would have gone to visit you" (3,950 hits)
2. "I would have come to visit you" (2,700 hits)
You can't use Google for this because it depends where Liz is when
she speaks that sentence. If she's in the hospital, then "come" is
right. If she's somewhere else - if Gary has left the hospital
before she speaks the sentence - then either "gone" or "come" is OK.
--
David
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