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Come on in Hi! What does mean "Come on in"? I don't understand this construction. I know very good the phrase "come in'. But why and what for can we use preposition "on" in that phrase?
Mar 29, 2013 6:33 PM
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'Come on in' is just another way of saying 'you may enter'. If you go to visit a friends house, they could invite you inside the house by saying 'come on in'. The only other example I can think of which is similar is 'come on aboard'. For example, if you are standing beside a ship the captain could invite you onto the ship by saying 'come on aboard'.
March 29, 2013
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Andrew
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English, Greek, Russian
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