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Spinyman Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Help! How doest it form?

Hello.

I heard a lot of pharases like "it goes missing", "punk goes pop", etc. What part does "go" execute? I think, it's something like the verb "to become". Am I right?

Thanks.
  

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The verb go has many different uses and idiomatic meanings in English. It can mean "become" as in: I'm going crazy. "it goes missing" - This is a British English expression.

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  • The verb go has many different uses and idiomatic meanings in English.
  • It can mean "become" as in: I'm going crazy.
  • "it goes missing" - This is a British English expression.
  • Americans do not say this.
  • We say: It is lost.
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The verb go has many different uses and idiomatic meanings in English. It can mean "become" as in:

I'm going crazy.

"it goes missing" - This is a British English expression. Americans do not say this. We say: It is lost.

"punk goes pop" - This means to go in the way of, to take on the character of, i.e. Punk music is sounding more like pop.
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