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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Perfect/perfectly
Wife: I have this new dress. So now I need some new shoes.
Husband (who has just spent $500 for the new dress): All of the shoes that you already have go perfect with your new
dress.
I've just heard this dialogue on an American TV comedy show. Was the husband correct (and idiomatic) in treating "go"
as a linking verb?
THANK YOU
Husband (who has just spent $500 for the new dress): All of the shoes that you already have go perfect with your new
dress.
I've just heard this dialogue on an American TV comedy show. Was the husband correct (and idiomatic) in treating "go"
as a linking verb?
THANK YOU
Top answer
Yes, correct and idiomatic for spoken English. I thought you were a native speaker.
- Yes, correct and idiomatic for spoken English.
- I thought you were a native speaker.
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Yes, correct and idiomatic for spoken English. I thought you were a native speaker.
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Hi,
No, go isn't a linking verb in your context. Go (together) with is a phrasal verb. For casual speech it sounds OK,
though in more careful writing I would use go perfectly with.
Go perfectly ~ go together well ~ combine well.
Regards
No, go isn't a linking verb in your context. Go (together) with is a phrasal verb. For casual speech it sounds OK,
though in more careful writing I would use go perfectly with.
Go perfectly ~ go together well ~ combine well.
Regards
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