Questions

[Julia30]

Hello,
I am not sure when to use these two sentence:
1)shall we invite Tony and Tim round tonight?
2)Are we going to invite Tony and Tim round tonight?
They both sound similar to me. But there is a different I am sure.
There is no context as they are taken from an exercise from the course book. Destination B1
Thank you in advance.

 

[emsr2d2]

1) is a suggestion, an idea being presented.
2) is a question about later plans. It suggests that the idea has already been discussed and the speaker is wondering if the plan is still going to come to fruition.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In AmE we would usually say "over" rather than "round".

 

[emsr2d2]

They both work in BrE. I say "Are you coming round tonight?" to someone who lives fairly near me and might just come for dinner or something. I would say "Are you coming over?" to someone who has a longer drive ahead of them.

I go round to my friend Cathy's house - she lives a 10 minute drive away.
I go over to my dad's house - he lives a 30-minute drive away.
I go down to my mum's house - she lives a 90-minute drive away (in a south-easterly direction, hence "down").

 

[Polyester]

Are the words "round" and "over" same meaning here?

 

[Rover_KE]

Do the words "round" and "over" [STRIKE]same meaning[/STRIKE] mean the same here?

Read post #4 again.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I would use "come over" even if the other person was around the corner from me. Another BrE/AmE difference.