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  • this is everyday grammar.

  • I'm John Russell.

  • Do you like scary movies?

  • I love scary movies, even though a lot of them have a similar story.

  • For example, ah, group of people get stuck in a scary old building that isn't coming back, is he?

  • No, I don't think he's coming back.

  • This common situation from scary movies is the subject of today's grammar lesson.

  • Come back is a common phrase.

  • Alvar Herb.

  • It combines the verb come with the particle back together.

  • These words mean return.

  • In the example I gave you.

  • The speakers meant that Ben would not come back or return to a place.

  • But you can also come back to a discussion topic.

  • Imagine you are watching a debate between two American politicians.

  • They keep talking about the same issue, education or the economy.

  • For example, I disagree with you.

  • I know what the American people want.

  • I don't think you dio look, I keep coming back to this point in the debate.

  • You heard one speaker say, coming back to this point, the words to this point suggests that the speaker is talking about returning to something that was said earlier.

  • So the next time you hear?

  • Come back.

  • You can think of scary movies and political debates.

  • I guess they have something in common, and that's everyday grammar.

this is everyday grammar.

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