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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical sentence question

I said to my husband, "You went and you bought eggs". I thought 'to the store' after the word 'went' would be assumed as that is what took place. He claims the sentence is grammatically incorrect. I disagree. Will you help resolve this question as neiher of us knows why?
  

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Hi, I said to my husband, "You went and you bought eggs". I thought 'to the store' after the word 'went' would be assumed as that is what took place. He claims the sentence is grammatically incorrect.

— Clive

  • Hi, I said to my husband, "You went and you bought eggs".
  • I thought 'to the store' after the word 'went' would be assumed as that is what took place.
  • He claims the sentence is grammatically incorrect.
  • I disagree.
  • Will you help resolve this question as neiher of us knows why?
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Hi,

I said to my husband, "You went and you bought eggs". I thought 'to the store' after the word 'went' would be assumed as that is what took place. He claims the sentence is grammatically incorrect. I disagree. Will you help resolve this question as neiher of us knows why?

The sentence is not wrong.

You don't have to say 'to the store' if that is clearly understo
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I originally was looking at this from a different perspective and meaning altogher. I'm not quite sure how to describe the use of "went and"....

I told you we didn't need an groceries, but you went and bought eggs anyway!

She doesn't know anything about art, but she went and wrote a review of the display anyway.

He knew we were going to be out of town that weekend, but
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