Coming from the ahead VS Coming from the ahead of me. Coming from the behind VS Coming from the behind of me.

[ahsanul.irfan]

1. The bus is coming from the ahead.
2. The bus is coming from the ahead of me.



3. The bus is coming from the behind.
4. The bus is coming from the behind of me.

Are 1 and 3 correct to say?

 

[Barque]

None of them are correct.

1. The bus is coming from the ahead.
2. The bus is coming from the ahead of me.

The bus is coming towards me.
The bus is approaching [the stop].

3. The bus is coming from the behind.
4. The bus is coming from the behind of me.

The bus is coming up behind me.

Or perhaps you mean: I can hear the bus coming up behind me.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

None of them are correct.


The bus is coming towards me.
The bus is approaching [the stop].


The bus is coming up behind me.

Or perhaps you mean: I can hear the bus coming up behind me.

5. The bus is coming ahead of me.
6. The bus is coming up ahead of me.

Is 5 correct?

 

[Tarheel]

5. The bus is coming ahead of me.
6. The bus is coming up ahead of me.

Is 5 correct?

No. Say:

The bus is coming.

Or:

The bus is approaching.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

No. Say:

The bus is coming.

Or:

The bus is approaching.

Me: The car was coming toward me.
My mother: From the back?
Me: No, from the front.

Are these correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

Me: The car was coming toward me.
My mother: From the back behind [you]?
Me: No, from the in front [of me].

Are these correct?

The dialogue is unlikely but, if it were to happen, it would probably be as I have shown above.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

The dialogue is unlikely but, if it were to happen, it would probably be as I have shown above.

"The bus is coming from behind me." Is this correct?

 

[Barque]

It's colloquial and yes, possible.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

It's colloquial and yes, possible.

Can I add "the" before "behind"?

 

[Barque]

Do you mean "The bus is coming from the behind me"?

No.

Why do you ask? If it needed "the" there, I'd have told you.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

Do you mean "The bus is coming from the behind me"?

No.

Why do you ask? If it needed "the" there, I'd have told you.

"The car is coming from in front."
"The car is coming from in front of me."

Are these colloquially correct?

 

[Barque]

I wouldn't be surprised to hear the second. Not so sure about the first.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

I wouldn't be surprised to hear the second. Not so sure about the first.

Is the second one colloquial?

 

[5jj]

I can't imagine anyone saying it.