Aidan
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- Jul 18, 2012
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- English
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“I can’t come to class next week because I’m coming back to France for a week”
My understanding is that you could say:
I can't go because I'm coming.
I can't go because I'm going.
I can't come because I'm going.
But you couldn't say I can't come because I'm coming.
Can anyone explain the rule that defines why this is?
My guess is that The verb come can reference only one noun in any given sentence. In the above sentence it is trying to reference two different nouns?
My understanding is that you could say:
I can't go because I'm coming.
I can't go because I'm going.
I can't come because I'm going.
But you couldn't say I can't come because I'm coming.
Can anyone explain the rule that defines why this is?
My guess is that The verb come can reference only one noun in any given sentence. In the above sentence it is trying to reference two different nouns?