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Aedilis Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Go and~/go to~
Howdy ho! <- I'm just using newly learned expressions. Please consider it a trite expression, 'Hello'.
To return, I wonder if it is correct to say 'Go to fight!'.
Because I thought 'Come and see me.' is more proper expression than 'Come to see me.' Or perhaps the latter one is totally wrong.
So when I came across this sentence, I felt it in my bones that it's not grammatical. The right sentence would be 'Go and fight!'.
Somehow I couldn't find any explanations about this anywhere. Not only about 'go' but about 'come'.
Now I am not sure about my former knowledge about 'Come and see me.'. Am I all wet?!
Your reply would be of great help to me.
Thank you for reading my question and have a nice day
To return, I wonder if it is correct to say 'Go to fight!'.
Because I thought 'Come and see me.' is more proper expression than 'Come to see me.' Or perhaps the latter one is totally wrong.
So when I came across this sentence, I felt it in my bones that it's not grammatical. The right sentence would be 'Go and fight!'.
Somehow I couldn't find any explanations about this anywhere. Not only about 'go' but about 'come'.
Now I am not sure about my former knowledge about 'Come and see me.'. Am I all wet?!
Your reply would be of great help to me.
Thank you for reading my question and have a nice day
Top answer
Both structures are used even though I remember reading opinions that one of them might be considered incorrect. Using and between the verbs sounds a little more colloquial to my [spoiled] ear. There are probably cases where one of the two alternatives sounds less than perfect but in most cases, either word will do: Come and/to see me tonight.
- Both structures are used even though I remember reading opinions that one of them might be considered incorrect.
- Using and between the verbs sounds a little more colloquial to my [spoiled] ear.
- There are probably cases where one of the two alternatives sounds less than perfect but in most cases, either word will do: Come and/to see me tonight.
- | Go and/to fight!
- CB
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Both structures are used even though I remember reading opinions that one of them might be considered incorrect. Using and between the verbs sounds a little more colloquial to my [spoiled] ear. There are probably cases where one of the two alternatives sounds less than perfect but in most cases, either word will do:
Come and/to see me tonight. | Go and/to fight!
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Come and/to see me tonight. | Go and/to fight!
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Your opinion have been really helpful.
By the way, your name sounds cool! I'm telling you
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