[Vocabulary] ‘to come along’ usage

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An American acquaintance of mine said that the sentence
1. A bus should come along any minute now.
Sounds old-fashioned. Is it true?
And what about the sentence:
2. Your English is coming along really well.
 
They both sound perfectly good to me, though some may think I'm old-fashioned, too.
 
They both sound fine to me and I don't detect any hint of "old-fashioned" in them.
 
I'm American and find both examples completely natural.
 
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