Timeline for I’d rather come or go with you
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| May 30, 2023 at 20:09 | comment | added | Lambie | Of course, "I'd rather go/come with you" would always imply all sorts of things, all of which I have explained at length and several times. There is always context which is stated or implied and you criticized because I didn't use "with you" in both. But then I did, and you're still complaining. :) | |
| May 30, 2023 at 19:35 | comment | added | gotube♦ | @Lambie Your examples don't show any difference, just two contexts where different destinations are understood. If someone says, "I'd rather go/come with you" without specifying the destination, then it must be understood. Except for the case where the destination is the place both speakers are in, "go with you" and "come with you" mean the same thing. Also, nobody here is arguing that there's no difference ever between "go" and "come" in general. | |
| May 30, 2023 at 19:05 | comment | added | Lambie | I'd rather go with you. [to the party or there] I'd rather come with you. [here again or in the car, for example]. Don't forget the idiomatic expression, which is not for nothing: Their comings and goings at all hours were absolutely incredible. If there were no difference, there would be no idiomatic expression. | |
| May 30, 2023 at 18:34 | comment | added | gotube♦ | @Lambie You didn't use "with you" in both sentences. The object of "with" isn't even the same person in your examples, so of course they don't sound like they have the same meaning. Show me a context where the exact words "go with you" and "come with you" have clearly different meanings. | |
| May 30, 2023 at 17:09 | comment | added | Lambie | No, go with you and come with you are not nearly identical. Scenario: A mother is standing next to her car. There is a second car, too and she says to her son: "Do you want to come with me or do you prefer to go with your Uncle Harry?". [come with me the speaker, go away from the speaker to the other car]. Here, the mother would never say come with Uncle Harry in this situation. | |
| May 30, 2023 at 15:40 | comment | added | The Z | @wjandrea I mean that come and go have the same implication of "travel together for at least some part of the trip." I don't think it's possible to use "go with" without meaning travel together for at least a part of the trip (even if at least to the exit). Maybe my example wasn't the best at illustrating the point. | |
| May 30, 2023 at 15:07 | comment | added | wjandrea | @TheZ I'm not following your example. How does that differ from what they're describing? | |
| May 30, 2023 at 15:02 | comment | added | The Z | I disagree with your fourth paragraph. Come and go have the same amount of implication regarding the distance travelled. You can say "I'll come with you" intending "to the exit" and also say the same with "go" | |
| May 30, 2023 at 7:59 | comment | added | gotube♦ | The OP didn't ask about the general differences between "go" and "come", but rather about "go with you" vs. "come with you", which are nearly identical. You've assumed the OP has no idea what the difference is between them normally, even though the question states, "I think 'come' has the opposite meaning of 'go'", which means this is a question about the nuance of these two sentences. | |
| May 29, 2023 at 22:52 | history | edited | gotube♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 29, 2023 at 16:27 | history | answered | gotube♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |