[Grammar] go down with VS come down with

[northpath]

Is it true that when I speak of myself, I should use ‘come down with’:
I think I'm coming down with a cold.
But when I speak of other people, I should use ‘go down with’:
Three people in my office have gone down with the flu.

 

[emsr2d2]

You're probably right that that is what you'll usually hear. However, if you said "Three people have come down with a cold", it would also be correct.

 

[Tdol]

I would be more likely to use come down with for an illness I had, but that doesn't mean that I would only use go for other people.

 

[GoesStation]

We don't use go down with​ in this meaning in American English.