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0 Is "go swimming" used every time "swimming" is talked about? "I go swimming twice a week." or "I swim twice a week." When must "swim" be used? When must "go swimming" must be used? Thank you very much. 0-
  

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0swimming is not a verb there. if you say with 01font 00ing02font 00 it will be noun. i go swimming twice a week.

— Yunus

  • 0swimming is not a verb there.
  • if you say with 01font 00ing02font 00 it will be noun.
  • i go swimming twice a week.
  • and you can say i go to pool to swim twice a week.
  • they means i go for swimming.
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0swimming is not a verb there. if you say with 01font00ing02font00 it will be noun. i go swimming twice a week. and you can say i go to pool to swim twice a week. they means i go for swimming. 02br
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0Thank you, Yunus. There are several verbs that can following the verb "go". For example, go boating, go shopping, go skating, etc. I don't know if these verbs "boat", "shop", "skate" can be used without following "go". Can we say "I boat."?0-
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10Thank you, Yunus. There are several verbs that can following the verb "go". For example, go boating, go shopping, go skating, etc. I don't know if these verbs "boat", "shop", "skate" can be used without following "go". Can we say "I boat."?12br
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0so, go boating, go shopping are fine to me. of course i prefer to use them,02br
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00but using of 01font00i boat 02font00is a little weird. and that is not common. because boat isn't verb exactly and what nef said is true.02br
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00you can say 01font00i shop. 00because shop
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0in addition to these example we can use02br
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00i go dancing everyday or i dancing everyday02br
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00i go jogging or i jog02br
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00i go riding horse or i ride horse0-
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0I'm afraid the -ing form after "go" is a gerund. It is used to describe an activity, mostly one you do in your free time, + "go shopping".02br
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00Examples: go skiing, sightseeing, sailing, swimming, camping, hunting, aso...0-
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0 thank you pieanne for your correction, essentially i had meant gerund. 0-
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0 If 01font00boating, shopping02font01font00, swimming02font01font00, etc.02font00are used as gerunds following the verb "go", "go" has to be a transitive verb so that gerunds can appear and act as its object as the gerund serves as the object of a transitive verb or a
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0If 01font00boating, shopping02font01font00, swimming02font01font00, etc.02font00are used as gerunds following the verb "go", "go" has to be a transitive verb so that gerunds can appear and act as its object as the gerund serves as the object of a transitive verb or a p
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