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Hole One a New See Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Go on holiday, go for a holiday
Hi everybody,
'I will go on holiday soon.' -> 'go on' is an expression, isn't it?
If I use something like this: 'Where are you going for your holidays this year?' -> Does 'holiday' mean DAYS when you are not at work? I just write say "days" because I can't instantiate it other way (this example was at the 'countable' meaning of holiday). It also could be a period of time but why would anybody ask about periods in the year instead of days?
From here:
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/holiday
I'm curious about the 1st and 2nd meanings. Those meanings cause the confusion. I think 'go on' is more or less clear but the version with 'for' is not so clear.
Thanks for your help in advance
'I will go on holiday soon.' -> 'go on' is an expression, isn't it?
If I use something like this: 'Where are you going for your holidays this year?' -> Does 'holiday' mean DAYS when you are not at work? I just write say "days" because I can't instantiate it other way (this example was at the 'countable' meaning of holiday). It also could be a period of time but why would anybody ask about periods in the year instead of days?
From here:
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/holiday
I'm curious about the 1st and 2nd meanings. Those meanings cause the confusion. I think 'go on' is more or less clear but the version with 'for' is not so clear.
Thanks for your help in advance
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' -> 'go on' is an expression, isn't it? You probably mean the phrasal verb go on : No, not there. ' -> Does 'holiday' mean DAYS when you are not at work?
- ' -> 'go on' is an expression, isn't it?
- You probably mean the phrasal verb go on : No, not there.
- ' -> Does 'holiday' mean DAYS when you are not at work?
- I just write say "days" because I can't instantiate it other way (this example was at the 'countable' meaning of holiday).
- It also could be a period of time but why would anybody ask about periods in the year instead of days?
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Hole One a New See'I will go on holiday soon.' -> 'go on' is an expression, isn't it?You probably mean the phrasal verb go on:
No, not there.
Hole One a New SeeIf I use something like this: 'Where are you going for your holidays this year?' -> Does 'holiday' mean DAYS when you are not at work? I just write say "da
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No, I don't (at least not in the meaning 'continue'). I wrote 'expression' (which can be phrasal verb, a simple collocation, and so on). I simply just referred to that this 'on' is a special case, it just collocates with 'holiday' (to tell something which is not special for me: 'the ball on the table', 'the people
You probably mean the phrasal verb go on:
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