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    Default Whis is this 'come' in this sentence for?

    Hello, I'm James.

    As a ESL student, I'm studying using some movie scripts.

    Yesterday, I watched and studied the script of "You've got mail".
    There was one sentence that I can't understand grammartically.

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    INT. COMPUTER SCREEN - DAY

    As we see the logo for America On Line come up and Kathleen's code name: Shopgirl. She logs on and the computer makes all its little modem noises as the computer dials the access number and connects and we hear the machine

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    When I saw this sentence "we see the logo for America On Line come up", I thought the word 'come' had grammartical error.

    I guess it's correct if this sentence is ' ~ On Line coming up '. Does it make sence? Or, It can just say correct because of an informal expression?

    I looked up the dictionary that 'Come' is used as 'verb, linking-verb, prep'. I couldn't understand how the word is used.

    Please give me advice :)
    thanks beforehand

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    Default Re: Whis is this 'come' in this sentence for?

    If you see something coming up, you see it appear over time, but a logo on a screen is instantaneous, so the progressive form doesn't work as well.

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    Default Re: Whis is this 'come' in this sentence for?

    Thanks, teacher Tdol :)
    I apprecite your help.

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    Default Re: Whis is this 'come' in this sentence for?

    You're welcome- we often use the present simple for something that happens very fast- if you listen to sports sommentators, you'll here them use the present simple when the action is right now and very quick.

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