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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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0Under what circumstances can we use "01font00Go+ Verb02font00"? And what are the difference among "01font00Go+ Verb02font00", "01font00Go 02font00", "01font00Go to Verb02font00" and "01font00Go and Verb02font00"? Please advise by giving some examples. Thanks.02br
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0 01font 00Hi Lcchang, 05002br 00I'm not a native speaker, so I dont have the exact rule for all these. 02br 02br 01b 00Go doing sth02b 00: go and do something at the same time02br 01i 00 Eg: I met John last night. He was going down the street talking to himself.

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  • 0 01font 00Hi Lcchang, 05002br 00I'm not a native speaker, so I dont have the exact rule for all these.
  • 02br 02br 01b 00Go doing sth02b 00: go and do something at the same time02br 01i 00 Eg: I met John last night.
  • He was going down the street talking to himself.
  • 02i 02br 02br 01b 00Go to doing sth02b 00: doing something is the purpose but it's more emphasized than in construction "go and do"02br 01i 00 Eg: I'll go out to buy something for dinner.
  • 02i 02br 02br 01b 00Go do sth02b 00: I see this construction is used commonly in spoken language.
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0 01font00Hi Lcchang, 05002br
00I'm not a native speaker, so I dont have the exact rule for all these. Following is something I've got so far.02br
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01b00Go doing sth02b00: go and do something at the same time02br
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0Maybe I need some more balloons.00 00That might be the go.00 here the means "it will go ahead" that is his plan=0-
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0Thanks for your help 01b00Fleder_m@u_S02b00 . Here I also found some clues to share with you.02br
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00Basically, people use "go/ come to do something" or "go/ come and do something" and they seem not to make too much differences. However, another 01font00casual02font00 way for using "go" and "come" only i
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0Any adviser who can prove this?02br
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01font00I went see the dentist. (no past tense for go/ come + verb) 02font02br
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0I have never seen seuch a sentence before.Have you made it up just to learn?If not ,can you send us the context? 02br
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00I always encounter with went to the dentist/hairdresser...0-
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1font01i00"I went see the dentist." 02i02br
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01font00Hi Lcchang,02font02br
01font00I'm not sure this sentence is wrong. I think it simply tells a story in a certain context.02br
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01cite10Doll12cite10I have never seen seuch a sentence before.Have you made it up just to learn?If not ,can you send us the context? 12br
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10I always encounter with went to the dentist/hairdresser...12br
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10I learned this sentence from Yahoo knowledge of
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0 I see now, look we can't say it is wrong but the commonly used one is the first one. 0-
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0 And should only be used in the past tense. Using GO + "BARE INF" is just plain wrong.0-
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0 Hi02br
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00 GO+ BARE INFINITVE is a construction which is used quite frequently in English but not in the past tense. You will see it used in the imperative and as "an" infinitive. The two words cannot change form in any way. Thus:02br
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01b00Go jump 02b00off a bridge!02br
00 I'm going to 01b00go get
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