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John Aki Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Grammar help please?

Hi there,

Could you please tell me why the first sentences is correct?


Go get it. (Correct)

Go getting it. (Both are verbs therefore..)


Cheers

  

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The first sentence isn't correct grammar because go cannot be followed by the bare infinitive. However, it is very common in informal spoken English. The grammatical version is: Go and get it!

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  • The first sentence isn't correct grammar because go cannot be followed by the bare infinitive.
  • However, it is very common in informal spoken English.
  • The grammatical version is: Go and get it!
  • The second sentence is incorrect even though there are many expressions in which the present participle follows go.
  • Let's go shopping!
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The first sentence isn't correct grammar because go cannot be followed by the bare infinitive. However, it is very common in informal spoken English. The grammatical version is: Go and get it!

The second sentence is incorrect even though there are many expressions in which the present participle follows go.

Let's go shopping!

He went fi

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John AkiCould you please tell me why the first sentences is correct?

This use seemed quite natural to me, so I looked it up. The OED calls it colloquial in North America and nonstandard in Britain, to my surprise. It is attested in Old English and has been used routinely by writers from Chaucer to Spenser to Defoe to Austen. I wonder when it became "

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See for information on the "Go ___" form.
See for information on the "Go ___ing" form.

CJ

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