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quickly visit someone without formal plan.
anybody you're gonna run by and visit today?
similar episode AEE 1621: Visit, Stop By, and Swing By - What's the Difference in English?
1. run to, means visit and go ( you're going to...)
I am gonna run to my grandma's house.
it's flexible here you have no idea how long you will stay .
I run to the library early . 我早早去了图书馆
run and see
i am gonna run and see this person.
我要去见这个人
2. run by, 短暂停留you're already out and go somewhere
i am gonne run to the store , and run by grandma's house, and then i am going to home . 你本在家 先外出去商店 再去外婆家 最后回家
3. run in,顺便拜访 you're already somewhere, and then you're actually go in either to visit or for whatever reason .
more causal , this implys you're qiuck visit someone .
i am gonna run to grammer, i have a birthday present for her . (i am going to, it could be stay for a while or a qiuck visit )
i will come with you.
can we run by the grocery store on the way home?
for sure,i will wait on the car when you run in .
( you will be qiuck at the grocery store.)