Menggunakan "Come"
Come + gerund mirip seperti kata kerja yang berkaitan dengan pergerakan diikuti oleh gerund. Artinya, subjek sedang melakukan sesuatu saat bergerak.
Contoh
- She came running across the field.
- The horse came racing around the corner.
- My dog always comes bounding out of the car.
- When I call you, please come running.
Come + infinitive dapat menunjukkan bahwa sesuatu terjadi atau mengalami perkembangan, mungkin di luar kendali subjek.
Contoh
- At first I thought he was crazy, but I've come to appreciate his sense of humour.
- How did you come to be outside the wrong house?
- The book has come to mean something quite different for me.
- I have come to see that you were right all along.
Come + infinitive juga dapat berarti bahwa kata kerja infinitive menyatakan kedatangan. Penggunaan ini hampir sama dengan kata kerja lain yang berkaitan dengan pergerakan diikuti oleh infinitive.
Contoh
- I came to see the new exhibition.
- We came to watch a movie.
- Will you come to eat dinner?