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| "From Advent Sunday, four weeks before Christmas, we go into Christmas gear - and all sorts of people come and celebrate Christmas with us; and really for those four weeks, we'll be full one, two, three times a day with people coming to celebrate Christmas in preparation for this event, and I think, that says there's a tremendous longing to find the heart of the story in the story of Jesus, and the search for God come among us - I really think there's a strong longing for that. So it's not all Glory to God in the high street, and there's a much deeper longing for something substantial, and we know that you can't buy it, but we do want it." Is the sentence "and I think, that says there's a tremendous longing to find the heart of the story in the story of Jesus, and the search for God come among us - I really think there's a strong longing for that." Is the sentence grammatically wrong? If wrong, how to correct it? If correct, why is it correct? I think the sentence "the search for God come among us" is strangely put in here. |
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| First of all, this seems like an excerpt from an interview, which would justify why the speech seems somewhat informal. But regarding the sentence you mentioned, I find it perfectly grammatical. I guess what troubles you is the way "come" is used. It's just the past participle "and I think, that says there's a tremendous longing to find the heart of the story in the story of Jesus, and the search for God come among us - I really think there's a strong longing for that." It's like the phrase "We're in bad shape, come to think of it, and we need help" |
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