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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

go on/run on

Hello,
Are these sentences correct: "The meeting ran on until 5 pm.", "The meeting went on until 5 pm."?
  

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Ran until and went on until have the same meaning to me ( lasted ). However, I feel that ran on until implies that it was unexpectedly or unusually long. This is just a gut-level reaction.

— Philip

  • Ran until and went on until have the same meaning to me ( lasted ).
  • However, I feel that ran on until implies that it was unexpectedly or unusually long.
  • This is just a gut-level reaction.
  • Let's see what other natives have to say.
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Ran until and went on until have the same meaning to me (lasted). However, I feel that ran on until implies that it was unexpectedly or unusually long. This is just a gut-level reaction. Let's see what other natives have to say.
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I'm with Philip. "Run on" has the echoes of its meaning of chattering incessantly .
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If it's boring, I think we could also say "It dragged on until...", can't we? A BE speaker told me once that "go on" could have this meaning in British English (unexpectedly long and boring).
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PhilipLet's see what other natives have to say.
This speaker of BrE has a similar feeling.
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