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Ensomih
Going to dinner
I found out tha tin case of invitation to a dinner people say:
I'm glad to invite you OVER for dinner
or
I'm glad if you come OVER for dinner
Why this OVER is neccesary? Without OVER the meaning still remains the same isn't it?
2014年5月22日 10:52
解答 · 3
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It is true that they both make sense without the word "over", but if I were to say "I'm glad if you come for dinner" there is a little bit of ambiguity about where dinner would be. Dinner could be at a restaurant, at a friends house, anything. Saying "I'm glad if you come over for dinner" most of the time implies it would be at the house of the person speaking, unless another place was specified earlier in the conversation.
2014年5月22日
We can also say 'Come round for dinner' , with exactly the same meaning.
2014年5月22日
In this example, "over" suggests a crossing from one place to another. From your place to mine.
2014年5月22日
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