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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

go swimming vs swim

We ___ at the beach every Saturday. (A) go swimming (B) swim

The answer is A. I know chice A is correct. But what's wrong with choice B?
  

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go swimming and go TO swim. There is an idiom that crossed my mind: go jump in the lake -- this sentence is in imperative. Imo, go followed by a bare inf.

— Inchoateknowledge

  • go swimming and go TO swim.
  • There is an idiom that crossed my mind: go jump in the lake -- this sentence is in imperative.
  • Imo, go followed by a bare inf.
  • is in imperative mood.
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go swimming and go TO swim.
There is an idiom that crossed my mind: go jump in the lake -- this sentence is in imperative.
Imo, go followed by a bare inf. is in imperative mood.
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Both are correct.
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I agree. Both seem perfectly acceptable to me.
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