We usecometo describe movement between the speaker and listener, and movement from another place to the place where the speaker or listener is. We usually usegoto talk about movement from where the speaker or listener is to another place.
When we talk about another person (someone who is neither the speaker nor the listener), we can use eithercomeorgo, depending on whether the speaker sees things from the receiver’s viewpoint (come) or the doer’s viewpoint (go).
| We usecomewhen we see things from the receiver’s viewpoint (in this case the mother). |
| We usegowhen we see things from the doer’s viewpoint (in this case Melissa). |
See also:
Go
Come in,go in
Come inandgo inboth mean‘enter’:
[dentist’s assistant to a patient who is waiting]
Will youcomeinnow, please.
[at a beach on a cold day]
It’s so cold! I don’t want togo inthe water.