[Vocabulary] Come to have

[beachboy]

- I have come to have no self-esteem.

What does this sentence mean?

 

[emsr2d2]

Which part is confusing you?

 

[beachboy]

Which part is confusing you?

Come to have. I don't understand the use of the verb "to come"

 

[emsr2d2]

It describes a gradual realisation or gradual happening.

I came to realise that I was never going to be a film star.
I have come to see that you are a bad influence.
I have come to have no faith in the system.

However, I feel that it doesn't really work in the sentence you quoted. Where did you find it?

 

[beachboy]

Kramer versus Kramer. The film. It's one of Joanna's (Streep) line.

[FONT=&quot]He was very involved with his career. And because of his attitude toward my fears and his inability to deal with my feelings, I had come to have almost no self esteem.

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[Rover_KE]

This context would have been more useful in post #1, beachboy.

 

[beachboy]

This context would have been more useful in post #1, beachboy.

I didn't think it would be necessary then. Now it's clear.

 

[emsr2d2]

Context is almost always necessary.

 

[emsr2d2]

OK.

Context is almost always necessary.
Context is almost always necessary.
Context is almost always necessary.
Context is almost always necessary.
Context is almost always necessary.
Context is almost always necessary.

Can I stop now? ;-)