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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

gerund

Hi,

Can you explain the difference.
Usually we use: go+ gerund

Why is it wrong to say?:
Yesterday I went playing football with my friends.
Why do I have to use WENT TO PLAY ?

THANKS !
  

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Anonymous Yesterday I went playing football with my friends. I don't see anything wrong with it. "I went to play football" is a bit higher register.

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  • Anonymous Yesterday I went playing football with my friends.
  • I don't see anything wrong with it.
  • "I went to play football" is a bit higher register.
  • In polite society, we save "go + gerund" for the single-word activities: go skiing go hiking go fishing go camping go bar-hopping (not "went to hop bars") go sailing
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AnonymousYesterday I went playing football with my friends.
I don't see anything wrong with it.

"I went to play football" is a bit higher register.

In polite society, we save "go + gerund" for the single-word activities:
go skiing
go hiking
go fishing
go camping
go bar-hopping (not "went to hop bars")
go sailing
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