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Grammar and Linguistics > Come across or come across with?
Come across or come across with?
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marinamc
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Come across or come across with?
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Hi colleagues!
I �m just correcting some compositions and there �s a sentences I �m not sure about. I �d like to know your opinion about it, if possible.
"Since
I have been considering the wheel �s importance for humankind, I came across
with two other capital inventions"
My question is: Is came across with well used here? Should we only use came across? I �ve been checking some online dictionaries and the answer is yes, though for me it still sounds weird.
Thanks for your help :)
Marina |
19 Nov 2012
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ueslteacher
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come across somebody/something [no passive] to meet or find somebody/something by chanceI came across children sleeping under bridges.She came across some old photographs in a drawer.come across (with something) [no passive] to provide or supply something when you need itI hoped she �d come across with some more information.Does it help? Sophia |
19 Nov 2012
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yanogator
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What Sophia found is just right. It should be "came across". Bruce |
19 Nov 2012
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marinamc
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Thanks a lot for your help. I also found that. It sounded weird to me but I needed some doubled check.
Thanks again!!!!
Marina |
19 Nov 2012
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mohamedthabet
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Sorry,I think it can �t be correct to use since +present perfect in the 1st clause and then simple past in the second.
If "since" is used as time indicator (indicating when action or state started), it should be followed by simple past and then use present perfect (simple or continuous) in the 2nd clause.
If since is meant to give reason, then again the result can �t precede the cause chronologically.
( I came = result / I �ve been considering = reason or cause)
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19 Nov 2012
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