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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Go + bare infinitive or ing form
I know that the basic rule is go + bare infinitive therefore it would be:
Go cook! Go swim! Go drink! Go shop!Go eat! etc.
Now my doubt is that if we can use with the expressions above the ing form and if there is any difference between them.
e.g. Go cooking! Go swimming!Go eating!Go shopping!Go drinking! etc.
Go cook! Go swim! Go drink! Go shop!Go eat! etc.
Now my doubt is that if we can use with the expressions above the ing form and if there is any difference between them.
e.g. Go cooking! Go swimming!Go eating!Go shopping!Go drinking! etc.
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I think the first examples are more common in American English. Go eat, go figure etc. ).
- I think the first examples are more common in American English.
- Go eat, go figure etc.
- ).
- The Brits would say either "go and cook", "go and eat" etc.
- or they would say "go shopping", "go swimming".
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I think the first examples are more common in American English. Go eat, go figure etc.
In British English, you wouldn't use this phrasing (it would be understood, but it would make you sound American!).
The Brits would say either "go and cook", "go and eat" etc. or they would say "go shopping", "go swimming".
I don't know if these alternatives would be used in the US.
In British English, you wouldn't use this phrasing (it would be understood, but it would make you sound American!).
The Brits would say either "go and cook", "go and eat" etc. or they would say "go shopping", "go swimming".
I don't know if these alternatives would be used in the US.
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