We normally say:
When I come into the office, I will look at your paper works.
Question: What about get back? Do we say get back into the office or get back to the office.
e.g. When I get back into/to the office, I will look at your paper works.
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Hello, Tony C—You can both get to your office and get back to it. Those are the normal expressions to use. With "into," it sounds as if you were locked out.
Hello David,
Thank you but I gave you a wrong example. Get to here means arrive, So, I'd say when I get to the office, I will respond to your queries.
The reason why I wanted to use get back....office is expressed as follows:
Because of Covid-19, I have been working home since January 2020, so I wanted to say, when I get back to/into/my office, we can catch-up again for a coffee. In this context which of the following is correct?
a. get back to the office
b. get back into the office
c. get back my office
d. all wrong, and you should say.......
Thanks alot!
Hello, Tony—I recommend using "When I resume working from the office . . . ."
Hello David,
Can I say, I am having my lunch break at the moment, when I returned into the office I will give you a call.
@Tony C posted:Can I say, I am having my lunch break at the moment, when I returned into the office I will give you a call.
No, Tony, you can't. First, it is a run-on sentence with a comma-splice error at "moment." Second, you can't have the past tense ("returned") in the "when"-clause and the future tense ("will give") in the main clause. Third, you shouldn't speak of returning into your office, but of returning to your office. You can say:
