coming or going? Another question for you all.

[tanukiton]

1. Would you like to go to the salsa party? (over there)
   
2. Would you like to come to the salsa party? (near me)
   
3. No, I have to go to a farewell do. (over there )
   
4. No, I have to come to a farewell do. (impossible)
   

Is 4 impossible? It doesn't feel right.

[EhricLovesTheBhrothers]

4 is wrong. 2 is inviting the person to come (with you) hence why come works.

[MrsHathaway]

You could possibly have "I have to come to work (where I currently am)".

[tanukiton]

Ehric, so in your opinion, 2. is working as a 'come with you' rather than a 'come near me' hence why 4 is impossible.

[MrsHathaway]

4 is impossible the way you've said it, but "No, I have to come..." isn't impossible in the right conditions.

"No, I have to come back [here] to work/babysit."

[tanukiton]

Mrs H, doesn't the 'back' make 'come' a phrasal verb for 'return'?

[MyFriendsCallMeOh]

Change the object to number 4 and it works eg. I have to come to work (every day / to feed my kids etc.). There is an implication of frequency, time or justification somehow that makes the present tense work.

[kickassangel]

4 depends where you are standing. Eg if you're at work, and there will be a farewell party there after hours, it would work. (Aptly, I have just come home from a farewell party).

Come is an inward movement toward here, go is an outward movement towards there.like bring and take.

[MrsHathaway]

Yes, OP, but it could be omitted.

No, I have to come to work [which is where I currently am].

No, I have to come and help my mum [who will be where I am at the moment].

From a semantic point of view, come and go have the same meaning except from the direction marker. See also bring and take.

[MrsHathaway]

Except for.

I need more sleep.