meantolearn  +  318599 Tue, 23 Jan 07 12:49 AM A: Maybe they are electing a new general. B: Well, if the sergeant's running. I'm not so sure if I'd vote for him or not. A: That goes double. 1. Do "that goes double" and "that makes two of us" mean the same thing? 2. Which one is more common in spoken English? 3. What does go mean in "that goes double"? does it mean become? 4. What does make mean in "that makes two of us"? Thanks, meantolearn Joined on Thu, Feb 24 2005 Regular Member 808 I think; therefore I am.

	Grammar Geek  +  318652 Tue, 23 Jan 07 04:27 AM I think it means "I feel that way twice as strongly as you do." So they are not exactly the same meaning. They're both pretty common. If you have an idea, and I have the same idea, two of us have the same idea. That makes (creates the situation) in which we both have the same idea. I'll have a Coke. That makes two of us. (We will both have a Coke.) Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,681 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!