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A. Are the usages of "go on" correct in the following sentences?
1. I can't go on to work like this - I'm exhausted.
2. The show will go on to play through the end of the day.
3. After introducing her proposal, she went on explaining the benefits for the company.
4. After losing his job, he went on searching for a newjob.
5. After losing his job, he went on to search for a new job.
Could you please give me two examples where "go on +gerund" and "go on+full infinitive" aren't interchangeable?
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1. I can't go on working like this - I'm exhausted. (one example of where "go on +gerund" and "go on+full infinitive" aren't interchangeable) 2.
- 1.
- I can't go on working like this - I'm exhausted.
- (one example of where "go on +gerund" and "go on+full infinitive" aren't interchangeable) 2.
- The show will go on to play through the end of the week .
- 3.
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1. I can't go on working like this - I'm exhausted. (one example of where "go on +gerund" and "go on+full infinitive" aren't interchangeable)
2. The show will go on to play through the end of the week.
3. After introducing her proposal, she went on to explain the benefits for the company. (second example of where "go on +gerund" and "go on+full infiniti
0Joseph A2. The show will go on to play through the end of the day.
This use of "through" is a feature of North American English. Other kinds of English would include to or until, instead.
0Joseph ACould you please give me two examples where "go on +gerund" and "go on+full infinitive" aren't interchangeable?
Hmm. I don't think of them as interchangeable at all.
go on to + verb means 'and the next step is/was'.
After working in the patent office, Einstein went on to become a famous physicist. (He was wo
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