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AnneC Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Continue on?
Can you say 'continue on' (as in 'sb will continue on to do/with sth')? I've heard people say it, but it sounds incorrect to me. Shouldn't you say either 'continue' or 'go on'?
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I don't use "continue on". It sounds incorrect to me, too. I don't recommend it.
- I don't use "continue on".
- It sounds incorrect to me, too.
- I don't recommend it.
- CJ
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I don't use "continue on". It sounds incorrect to me, too. I don't recommend it.
CJ
CJ
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I think it depends on context, like everything of course.
If I were giving directions I might well say, "turn left at the lights, continue on down the road until you pass a petrol station, then take the next right."
If I were giving directions I might well say, "turn left at the lights, continue on down the road until you pass a petrol station, then take the next right."
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Yes but it sounds quite formal - the sort of thing a policeman would say if you asked him for directions rather than a passer-by.
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incorrect.
You would only need to say "continue down the road" to say "continue on down the road" is a tautology, the use of the word "on" is superfluous and unnecessary.
The only correct use of it would be if you said, "I wish to continue on my way."
You would only need to say "continue down the road" to say "continue on down the road" is a tautology, the use of the word "on" is superfluous and unnecessary.
The only correct use of it would be if you said, "I wish to continue on my way."
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