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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
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Goes to do
A. This goes to show how native we were.
In sentence A, does "goes to" implies a process?, not "goes in order to"?
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fire1 A. This goes to show how native we were. , not "goes in order to"?
- fire1 A.
- This goes to show how native we were.
- , not "goes in order to"?
- No, there is no process implied.
- Here 'go' is somewhat equivalent to 'serve', and there are very few idioms that use 'go' in this way, as an approximate synonym of 'serve', mainly goes to show, goes to prove, goes to make, goes to pay .
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fire1A. This goes to show how native we were.
In sentence A, does "goes to" implies a process?, not "goes in order to"?
No, there is no process implied.
Here 'go' is somewhat equivalent to 'serve', and there are very few idioms that use 'go' in this way, as an approximate synonym of 'serve', mainly goes to show, goes to prove, goes to
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