I arrived in Toronto on December 29st vs I come in Toronto in December

The first phrase "I arrived in Toronto on December 29th" is correct, while the second phrase "I come in Toronto in December" is incorrect. The first phrase uses the correct verb tense and preposition to describe a past event, while the second phrase has an incorrect verb tense and preposition combination.

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I arrived in Toronto on December 29st

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe a past event of arriving in a specific location on a particular date.

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker reached Toronto on December 29th. It correctly uses the past tense verb "arrived" and the preposition "on" to specify the date.

Examples:

I arrived in Toronto on December 29th and immediately went to my hotel.
She arrived in Toronto on December 29th to spend the holidays with her family.
They arrived in Toronto on December 29th after a long flight.
He arrived in Toronto on December 29th and was greeted by his friends at the airport.
We arrived in Toronto on December 29th and started exploring the city right away.

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Tell him I'm being held in Toronto on some trumped-up charge.
She shouldn't be practicing anything without Patrick Roberts, who's in Toronto on a movie.
I met up with him in Toronto on the release of his new single.
Okay, Soroush was in Toronto on April 10, same day that Vincent Marsh was in Ithaca, New York, fund-raising.
I enjoyed last night more than any other since I arrived in Atlantis.
When Serge and I arrived in Paris, we had nothing.
I arrived in Kobe around two thirty.
I arrived in time for The Aspersion.
The first week of April, 1944, I arrived in Auschwitz.
I arrived in Jamaica only this morning, Sir.
When I arrived in San Francisco, things were a mess.
I arrived in New York at dawn.
Then I arrived in Tunisia in 2011.
You'll find plane tickets confirming I arrived in the country this morning.
I arrived in the country only yesterday.
And eventually after 103 days at sea, I arrived in Antigua.
Not long after I arrived in America during the defense of Fort Saint-Jean.
Unfortunately I arrived in Tangier too late.
That is what the information I got when I arrived in Goryeo said.
When I arrived in Tokyo two years ago...

I come in Toronto in December

This phrase is incorrect in English. It uses the wrong verb tense (present) and preposition (in) for describing a past event of arriving in a specific location on a particular date.

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He even had a man killed in Toronto in an hour.
I haven't been in Toronto in three years now.
Zach and I sleep out here come in December when we harvesting' honey round the clock.
Cate was that high when I come in.
Can I come in and as they hide.
This is where I come in.
OK, don't be alarmed, I come in...
I come in now, but no cuddle.
I come in two hours a day.
I was quit when I come in here, Bryant.
I come in here at night with my friend Beth.
I come in search of the truth.
Just to be clear, I come in peace.
I come in here sometimes... just to remember.
Which is where I come in. Mr Inspirational.
That's where I come in.
I'm not sure where I come in.
That's where I come in.
Tell these squaws I come in peace.
Or I come in, Mitchell.

Alternatives:

I arrived in Toronto in December.
I will come to Toronto in December.
I am coming to Toronto in December.
I came to Toronto in December.
I have come to Toronto in December.

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I arrived in Toronto on December 29st vs I come in Toronto in December