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Hello. This is Jack from tofluency.com and this video we're going to look
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at the difference between go and come - go back
and come back. Zara asks, "What's the difference
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between come back and go back?"
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thank you for this great question so I'm
going to actually show you some examples
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and give an explanation of the
difference between come and go and then
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I'll show you some examples using the
phrasal verbs that you asked about. So to
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go somewhere means to go to another
place and we use this when we're talking
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about going to a place away from the
speaker. And we use come when we're
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talking about coming to the place where
we are now - towards the speaker - to give
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you a better understanding of this here
are two examples. Now, imagine that I'm at
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home and I say to my wife, "Want to go to
Juicy Lucy's? Now, Juicy Lucy's is a
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burger restaurant near where we live and
you can see a picture of a very large
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burger... but we use go because we're going away from the speaker. Want to go to
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Juicy Lucy's?" But then imagine I'm on the
phone to a friend and I say to my
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friend, "Want to come here tonight? Want to come here tonight?" Because this is moving
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towards me. I'm here and I want my friend
to come here. But my friend says to his
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friend, "I'm going to Jack's house tonight"
because again my friend is moving away
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from the speaker from himself. Now,
there's a little exception here and it's
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a good one to know when you're talking
about your home, use come so I'm in the
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park and I say to a friend,
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"Want to come for dinner tonight?" Now, this is not moving towards me because I'm in
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the park but when we use home we always
use come. Now here are some examples with
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come back and go back...
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"We're thinking of going back to Valencia
for a few days next year." So again, this
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is moving away from me - from the speaker.
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And then, in a shop, they say, "Come back and see us again." so they want you, in the future, to
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return and come back to see them. So,
hopefully that has given you a better
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understanding of the difference between
come and go and also come back and go
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back. Now,
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I've got a question for you... "Where have you been
that you would love to go back to? So
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think about the places that you have
traveled to and let me know where you
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would love to go back to. So, leave your
comments below this video,
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thank you for watching, and I'll see you
next time.
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