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I go back, I get back, & You come back #1 (permalink) Thu Oct 21, 2010 15:46 pm   I go back, I get back, & You come back
 

Is "come back" for 2nd and 3rd persons only?

I'll go back.
You'll go back.
They'll go back

I'll get back
You'll get back
They'll get back

You'll come back
They'll come back
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I go back, I get back, & You come back #2 (permalink) Thu Oct 21, 2010 17:05 pm   I go back, I get back, & You come back
 

I'm going today and I'll come back tomorrow.

I'll go back today and sort it out!

I'll get back late so don't wait up for me.

no, perfectly acceptable in all persons...
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I go back, I get back, & You come back #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:02 am   I go back, I get back, & You come back
 

Oh I mean if the two persons are talking over the phone

I'll go back there

you can't say 'I'll come back there
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I go back, I get back, & You come back #4 (permalink) Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:52 am   I go back, I get back, & You come back
 

I could say "I'll come to you"
but "I'll come back there" is wrong

I was thinking that "come" means come here from somewhere, unless there is a word "to" (come to).
"Come to" means going to somewhere else.
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I go back, I get back, & You come back #5 (permalink) Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:18 am   I go back, I get back, & You come back
 

I'll come back there can be correct, (even in a phone conversations) if one person has been to the place where the other is, and is confirming that he will return to that same place.

You left your work here.
Yes, I'll come back there and pick it up before I go on to college.
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