nyota
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2009
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Polish
- Home Country
- Poland
- Current Location
- Australia
Imagine the following:
Mike got shot and as he's dying his soul is escaping his body. Mike calls to it:
- Come back you bastard of a soul! - And the soul replies grinning,
- I don't want to go back, I like it here.
Could I substitute 'go back' with 'come back' in the soul's line? I thought of it because 'come back' is used when the movement's towards the speaker OR the hearer.
Mike got shot and as he's dying his soul is escaping his body. Mike calls to it:
- Come back you bastard of a soul! - And the soul replies grinning,
- I don't want to go back, I like it here.
Could I substitute 'go back' with 'come back' in the soul's line? I thought of it because 'come back' is used when the movement's towards the speaker OR the hearer.