Jan 23, 2011 · 13 What is the origin of the term 'til the cows come home? While discussing this with friends tonight, the group had two possible explanations: Cows return to their barn for milking at a …

Feb 4, 2023 · In the UK come home on its own would sound odd, but it would be possible to say "Would you like to come home with me?" if you were about to go home yourself and were inviting them to …

Jul 11, 2011 · In this phrase "Go home", home is not a noun but an adverb Specifically, it is an adverb of place So you do not need a preposition like "to" prior to home. The Longman Dictionary specifies Do …

Nov 28, 2018 · They're both correct. If you're viewing the collecting as something that happened before the present, then it should be had come. If you're viewing it as something that happened after she …

Nov 5, 2022 · Apparently home derives from Middle English home, hom, hoom, ham, from Old English hām (“village, hamlet, manor, estate, home, dwelling, house, region, country”). The etymology of …

May 22, 2014 · The chickens have come home to roost for former sweeper, government clerk, sales rep and bold entrepreneur Otto Mnyande. Umtata-based Thandanani Foods, frozen chicken wholesaler …

Oct 7, 2025 · Should it be go home or come home? The answer by John Lawler at How to identify "deictic center" for distinguishing "come" & "go"? does not answer this question, because that …

Sep 10, 2019 · The past participle of the verb to come is come, so you should say “I have come to a place where…”. came is the past tense (or preterite), so you would say “I came to a place where…”.

1 Both tenses are possible. With came, you present came and sent as a plain sequence of events, as in "I came, I saw, I conquered"; with had come, the had come sentence is presented as background …

Aug 5, 2015 · 2 "You should have come to the party" is correct. Since the "should have" is already placing the statement in the past tense. "Should have" requires the verb's participle ("come") rather …