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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Going on

What is the meaning of the expression "going on" as in "I am going on 20" ?
Does it mean that I am going to be twenty very soon or does it mean that I recently had my twentieth birthday ?
  

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Debpriya De "I am going on 20" ? I am approaching 20. You hear clever expressions like, "She's 13 going on 21," suggesting that her focus is on mature things - beyond her actual years.

  • Debpriya De "I am going on 20" ?
  • I am approaching 20.
  • You hear clever expressions like, "She's 13 going on 21," suggesting that her focus is on mature things - beyond her actual years.
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Debpriya De"I am going on 20" ?
I am approaching 20.

You hear clever expressions like, "She's 13 going on 21," suggesting that her focus is on mature things -
beyond her actual years.

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