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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Am. English: Is "to go be close to her" correct?

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I good (standard/formal) American English, is it possible to say "I'm taking the train to go be close to her." ? Thank you.
  

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Seems OK to me.

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Anonymousis it possible to say "I'm taking the train to go be close to her." ?
No. The word go as used here isn't about movement; it means something like proceeding or starting: Go invent something, go be successful, etc. Taking this into consideration, I suggest you write: I'm taking the train to travel close to her.
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AnonymousI'm taking the train to travel close to her.
That is not a natural English sentence, and it does not mean what the original meant.

The "go" is about movement. The original sentence was "I'm taking the train to go be close to her." If you remove "go", his mere presence on a train puts him close to her, not what is meant. He intends to be clo
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