he used to come to this church back when I was a kid.
It's been too long since my last confession.
My dad, he used to come to this church back when I was a kid.
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Why is 'back' attached in that sentence" church back?? back? what does it means?
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In this context, "back when" means "a long time ago when."
"back when I was a kid" > "a long time ago when I was a kid"
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Hi Seo-ko Lee!
"It's been too long since my last confession.
My dad, he used to come to this church back when I was a kid."
--- Daredevil season1 script -----
***
This is spoken communication in English, thus informal.
In spoken, there would be a pause after saying the first phrase.
"My dad, he used to come to this church(short pause) back when he was a kid." [referring to his past experience, remembering his old memory of some sort]
"My dad, he used to come to this church back when he was a kid."
ALSO, it could be said as:
"My dad, he used to come to this church way back when he was a kid."
Hope this helps.
Have fun!
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My dad, he used to come to this church back when I was a kid.
Note:
- the word "back" here denotes the past.
- the speaker is talking about his childhood days.
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Hello,
It is used in the structure - COME BACK meaning to go back somewhere , to return. Gramatically in this structure we include the place where we come back in the midle between COME and BACK.
The word back has 4 uses in speech;
Noun
Adjective (Adds to a noun or object)
Verb
Adverb (Adds to a verb)
Here it is adds to verb.
But also you can say:
come back to the church
Hope it was helpful.
Bye
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Hi Seo-ko Lee!
"It's been too long since my last confession.
My dad, he used to come to this church back when I was a kid."
--- Daredevil season1 script -----
***
This is spoken communication in English, thus informal.
In spoken, there would be a pause after saying the first phrase.
"My dad, he used to come to this church(short pause) back when he was a kid." [referring to his past experience, remembering his old memory of some sort]
"My dad, he used to come to this church back when he was a kid."
ALSO, it could be said as:
"My dad, he used to come to this church way back when he was a kid."
Hope this helps.
Have fun!
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