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where I came from vs where I come from

Both phrases are correct, but they're used in different contexts. 'Where I came from' is used when referring to a past location or origin, while 'where I come from' is used when talking about someone's current location or origin. The two phrases aren't directly comparable as they serve different purposes.
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where I came from

This phrase is correct when referring to a past location or origin.

This phrase is used to talk about the place or origin someone came from in the past. It indicates a previous location or background.

Examples:

  • I will never forget where I came from.
  • She always remembers where she came from.
  • You see, where I came from boys loved to have pockets like that pouch.
  • You can call me crazy, but at least where I came from, we were practicing law.
  • the other one kept saying, "this is where I came from."
  • He knows where I was born, where I came from.
  • I know where I came from, Sister.
  • Canada's, that's where I came from.
  • There, where I came from, All for free.
  • There, where I came from, there is not.
  • Where I came from, you either ended up in the Church
  • We all know where I came from.
  • I want to know where I came from.
  • I never truly felt I belonged where I came from.
  • Doesn't matter where I came from.
  • Angelo knew I always wanted to find out where I came from.
  • There's more where I came from.
  • About me... where I came from.
  • I know where I came from, Sister.
  • There are 200 more where I came from.
  • You all know where I came from and what my life was like before.
  • You know where I came from, and what's waiting for me.

where I come from

This phrase is correct when talking about someone's current location or origin.

This phrase is used to talk about the place or origin someone currently comes from. It indicates a present location or background.

Examples:

  • Let me tell you where I come from.
  • I am proud of where I come from.
  • Dinnertime is 5 o'clock where I come from.
  • Look, where I come from, we try not to turn witnesses into collateral damage.
  • Talk like that is taken pretty seriously where I come from.
  • Mighty different where I come from.
  • I want to know where I come from.
  • They're inexplicably popular where I come from.
  • You don't see that where I come from.
  • Kabletown's a family company, and where I come from, families eat together.
  • There aren't many bears where I come from.
  • Well, where I come from, that's what we call a whopper.
  • Not many swimming pools for black folk where I come from.
  • But back where I come from, that's not the way it works.
  • This is only the first time you've been to my home, and where I come from...
  • You know, where I come from, it's considered polite to warn people before you detonate a missile above their heads. Tess.
  • Now, where I come from, we put a lot of stock in that sort of thing.
  • This is heaven compared to where I come from.
  • I have no idea where I come from.
  • 'Cause I'm a genius where I come from.
  • I hardly know where I come from, myself.
  • I know where I come from.

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