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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Go to/for a picnic

Is "go to a picnic" or "go for a picnic" acceptable?
What is the difference between them and "go on a picnic?"
  

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" "Go to a picnic" means that you will join a large gathering of people, at a beach or park, where food will be consumed in an outdoor atmosphere: "We're going to a picnic at Seal Cove. "

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  • " "Go to a picnic" means that you will join a large gathering of people, at a beach or park, where food will be consumed in an outdoor atmosphere: "We're going to a picnic at Seal Cove.
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"Go on a picnic" generally means (in the US) that you and others (not a large number of people in total) pack the necessary food and accessories and go somewhere, say, the beach or a park, where you consume the food in an outdoor atmosphere: "Suzy, Fred, and their kids are going on a picnic to Seal Cove."

"Go for a picnic" generally used to emphasize only the location where you go to con
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