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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

go and go ahead

if a person asks a question/permission/help which answer would be appropriate?

We would like you to help us complete this project
Ok, let's go and finish it up or Ok, let's go ahead and finish it up.

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"finish it up" doesn't sound natural to me in this context. "finish it" seems more likely. "OK, let's go and finish it" implies that you are going to a different location to finish it.

— GPY

  • "finish it up" doesn't sound natural to me in this context.
  • "finish it" seems more likely.
  • "OK, let's go and finish it" implies that you are going to a different location to finish it.
  • It gives the impression that the thing can be finished relatively quickly (in one "visit"), so it may not be appropriate in the context of a "project".
  • "OK, let's go ahead and finish it" suggests some kind of deliberation about what course of action is best, resulting in this decision to proceed ("go ahead").
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"finish it up" doesn't sound natural to me in this context. "finish it" seems more likely.

"OK, let's go and finish it" implies that you are going to a different location to finish it. It gives the impression that the thing can be finished relatively quickly (in one "visit"), so it may not be appropriate in the context of a "project".

"OK, let's go ahead and finish it" suggests s
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Yes the speaker is the most important person who takes the decision, and his assistant are giving him some kind of suggestions and looking for his action.

Assistants 1 to Assistant 2: Hey I have came up with a new ideas of creating a declious cake, shall we implement/execute it?.
Assistant 2 to assistant 1: Well that's a cool idea

Assistant 3 to 1 and 2: I would also like to
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Wonder123Yes the speaker is the most important person who takes the decision, and his assistant are giving him some kind of suggestions and looking for his action.
The question "We would like you to help us complete this project" is not very likely to be asked of someone in that position.
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Ok what must the boss respond to his assistants in the scenario I created above?
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"OK, let's go ahead and do it" or "OK, let's go and do it" are both possible in that scenario. The difference is as I described in my earlier post: "go ahead and do it" means proceed with the project/plan (do it some time); "go and do it" means move to another location and do it now, with the implication that it can be done in "one visit".
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Thanks a lot for your help.
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