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16 Sep 2021
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What is the difference between go on to and start to ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between go on to and start to ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Are they perfectly same?
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@Ys2
Where did you read "go on to"???
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go on
phrasal verb of go
1.
(of a light, electricity, etc.) start working.
"the street lights went on"
2.
continue or persevere.
"I can't go on protecting you"
Both of them implies the same meaning but they are placed in a sentence differently I would say...
Please wait for more answers.. ^^
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@Ys2
It's unnatural but understandable..
The natural way would be... He began to do something...
He starts doing something would also work, but uncommon
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@Ys2
Please wait for more answers...
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OH! I've definitely seen that before. To "go on to" implies you were doing something before, and you're transitioning into a different action. "He started out as a teacher, but went on to write books later in his life."
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(A few extra example sentences:)
"His essay starts by listing all the things he finds wrong with the government. It goes on to talk about what he believes we could do better."
"When the war was over, these women fled the country. They went on to start a popular chain of grocery stores."
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@Onomatopop
Yes... I remember it now o_o
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