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Makiasan Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
visit or go
What is the difference between visit and go? Can you use these words interchangeably in sentences like,
I go to the gym every week.
I visit the gym every week.
I go to museums very often.
I visit museums very often.
When you talk about a building, can you use go to and visit interchangeably?
How about people?
I go to my parents every week.
or
I visit my parents every week.
I think you don't go to somebody. You visit somebody. Do you agree?
Thank you.
I go to the gym every week.
I visit the gym every week.
I go to museums very often.
I visit museums very often.
When you talk about a building, can you use go to and visit interchangeably?
How about people?
I go to my parents every week.
or
I visit my parents every week.
I think you don't go to somebody. You visit somebody. Do you agree?
Thank you.
Top answer
'Visit' gives more focus to the consciousness of the act than 'go', which is just a statement of the act. You visit Helen but go to Helen 's "go to Helen" suggests something quite different (some kind of escape or a command to do so). d
- 'Visit' gives more focus to the consciousness of the act than 'go', which is just a statement of the act.
- You visit Helen but go to Helen 's "go to Helen" suggests something quite different (some kind of escape or a command to do so).
- d
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'Visit' gives more focus to the consciousness of the act than 'go', which is just a statement of the act.
You
visit Helen
but
go to Helen's
"go to Helen" suggests something quite different (some kind of escape or a command to do so).
d
You
visit Helen
but
go to Helen's
"go to Helen" suggests something quite different (some kind of escape or a command to do so).
d
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