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Julius_ Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Straight vs straight on

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When I want to give sb directions , I say: go straight; or ; go straight on?

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Hi, As I understand it, go straight generally means to go somewhere immediately, while to go straight ahead/on means to go in a forward direction, not taking a left or right. Go straight to school. = go to school immediately and don't go to the mall first.

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  • Hi, As I understand it, go straight generally means to go somewhere immediately, while to go straight ahead/on means to go in a forward direction, not taking a left or right.
  • Go straight to school.
  • = go to school immediately and don't go to the mall first.
  • However, the Corpus of Contemporary American English did produce one entry that includes the use of ' go straight ' in the meaning of 'go straight on'.
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Hi,

As I understand it, go straight generally means to go somewhere immediately, while to go straight ahead/on means to go in a forward direction, not taking a left or right.
  • Go straight to school. = go to school immediately and don't go to the mall first.


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