{"id":72303,"date":"2019-09-19T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72303"},"modified":"2019-09-19T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:24:00","slug":"using-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/using-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The structure go\/come for a —<\/b> is often used in some common fixed expressions referring to leisure activities.<\/p>\n
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  • Let us go for a walk\/run\/swim\/ride\/drive\/sail\/drink.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Go\/come + -ing<\/h3>\n

    We can use go <\/b>with an -ing form in a number of common expressions.<\/p>\n

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    • Let us go climbing <\/b>next weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Common expressions are:<\/p>\n

      go: climbing\/dancing\/fishing\/hunting\/riding\/sailing\/shooting\/shopping
      \ngo: skating\/skiing\/swimming\/walking<\/p>\n

      Note that prepositions of place, not direction, are used after go + -ing. <\/b><\/p>\n

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      • Let us go swimming in <\/b>the river. (NOT — go swimming to the river.)<\/li>\n
      • We went shopping at <\/b>Harrods. (NOT — to Harrods.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Go <\/b>(and not get) is used to talk about changes of colour. This is common in British English.<\/p>\n
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        • Leaves go brown<\/b> in autumn. (NOT Leaves get brown —)<\/li>\n
        • She went green <\/b>with envy. (NOT She got green —)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Other examples are: go white with anger\/ blue with cold\/ red with embarrassment <\/i><\/p>\n

          Turn<\/b> and grow <\/b>can also be used in these cases. Note that go<\/b> is more informal than turn <\/b>and grow<\/b>.<\/p>\n

          Go <\/b>(and not usually get) is also used with adjectives in a number of common expressions that refer to changes for the worse.<\/p>\n

          Examples are:<\/p>\n

          People can go mad \/ crazy \/ deaf \/ blind \/ grey \/ bald etc.
          \nHorses can go lame
          \nMachines can go wrong
          \nMeat, fish or vegetables can go bad
          \nBeer, lemonade, musical instruments and car tyres can go flat<\/p>\n

          Cases where get is used<\/h3>\n

          Get is also used with adjectives to talk about changes. For example we use get<\/b> (and not go) with the adjectives old, tired <\/b>and ill<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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          • I am getting old<\/b>. (NOT I am going old.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            The structure go\/come for a — is often used in some common fixed expressions referring to leisure activities. Let us go for a walk\/run\/swim\/ride\/drive\/sail\/drink. Go\/come + -ing We can use go with an -ing...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1513,1515,1514],"class_list":["post-72303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-go","tag-structures-with-go","tag-using-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72304,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72303\/revisions\/72304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}