{"id":60,"date":"2013-11-23T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/23\/business-small-talk-1-are-vs-come\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:35:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:35:50","slug":"business-small-talk-1-are-vs-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/business-small-talk-1-are-vs-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Small Talk (1): Are VS Come"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you have a small talk with your customer<\/span><\/b>, when you want to know where he or she is from, will you say something like:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Where are you come from<\/span><\/b>? <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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You may still get an answer from your customer, yet he or she will think that you speak strange English<\/span>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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How strange <\/span>is it?  You speak something that is not to be found in English.   <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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What\u2019s wrong with \u2018Where are you come from?\u2019<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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There is one problem with it.  What is it?  Read the sentence again and pay attention to the two words bold<\/span><\/b>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Where <\/span><\/b>are<\/span><\/b> you <\/span><\/b>come<\/span><\/b> from<\/span><\/b>? <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Do you know there is a hidden rule <\/span>in English?  What is it?  You can\u2019t<\/span> put the two verbs \u2018are<\/span>\u2019 and \u2018come<\/span>\u2019 together in a simple sentence<\/span>.  That is, try to think about the two verbs as the two big names in smart phones, Apple & Samsung.    <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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If \u2018are\u2019 belongs to Apple, then \u2018come\u2019 belongs to Samsung.  The two verbs are simply incompatible<\/span><\/b>.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Are<\/span> VS Come<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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If you still don\u2019t get it.  Read the following answer from a non-westerner:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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I <\/span>am<\/span> <\/span>come<\/span> from New York.   <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Think about a simple sentence <\/span>as a simple relationship<\/span>.  So if \u2018I\u2019 is a man (probably a handsome one), then \u2018am\u2019 and \u2018come\u2019 are two women.   In the sentence (relationship<\/span>) there are two women <\/span>(are VS come) in love with one man <\/span>(I).  The relationship may probably end up in a disaster<\/span><\/b>:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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What are you going to do with the situation?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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I am not an expert of love, but what I know is you may just separate the two verbs <\/span>(two women) and put them into two types <\/span>of sentences:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Women (1)<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Where <\/span><\/b>are<\/span><\/b> you from?<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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I <\/span><\/b>am<\/span><\/b> from London.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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Women (2)<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Where do you <\/span><\/b>come <\/span><\/b>from?<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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I <\/span><\/b>come<\/span><\/b> from London.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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So a peaceful world with good English!  <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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