Forum: English Questions 
Mar 24th, 2019, 10:47 am
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I think if you look back through the thread you'll find I've said this several times before, but....
1. Either. It depends on what variety of English you speak and the context in which you say it....
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 22nd, 2019, 06:33 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
1. No. Like + Ving = enjoyment only. So I like going every six months because (etc) makes no sense. Look at the reply I wrote on October 5th. it's explained there.
2. I think you mean is it correct...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 21st, 2019, 06:00 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
No, no and no. If you don't actually do it, how can you say "I" like... Think about the literal meaning of the words.
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 20th, 2019, 06:49 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
It doesn't matter whether you do it regularly or rarely - the use of the structures is the same. You're saying that when you do it you enjoy it. Frequency is irrelevant.
But if you've never done an...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 19th, 2019, 01:50 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
Yes - look at the first sentence in the post above.
People often use like + Ving and like to+ infinitive interchangeably to express enjoyment. I think like to + inf is slightly more usual in US...
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Forum: English Questions
Oct 5th, 2018, 09:14 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
People often use like + Ving and like to+ infinitive interchangeably to express enjoyment. I think like to + inf is slightly more usual in US English.
However, like to +inf can also be used to...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 20th, 2018, 09:20 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
As always, it's a matter of context. If the concept of "going" somewhere was irrelevant in the situation, then yes - possibly. For example : two friends A and B are at the lake. A has just been for a...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 19th, 2018, 04:25 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
It might have been better to start a new thread for this one as you've changed topic slightly and this is getting rather long. However :
1. Do the shopping : means for food, household stuff etc. Eg...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 17th, 2018, 03:03 am
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No - the same. 3 sounds a bit more informal to me and more likely in US than UK English (??) But I'd say all of them.
Sue
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 13th, 2018, 08:30 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
Let's swim - possible, but even more likely, Let's have a swim.
But for the others, it depends on what you mean by "in the water". If you're already up to your waist in water (for instance if you're...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 12th, 2018, 09:13 am
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 9th, 2018, 05:20 am
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 7th, 2018, 09:26 am
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 31st, 2018, 09:53 am
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More or less the same - but with the caveats I made about context and relative frequency in my last posts. Whether the sentence starts Let's.. or I want to... or with any other introduction makes no...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 26th, 2018, 08:04 am
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Yes - I want to go to shop would almost certainly not occur. I want to go shopping or I want to do the shopping instead.
Let's go to swim in the lake would probably mean the person was actually...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 25th, 2018, 07:05 am
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Views: 13,585 Re: go swimming
First of all, as your title implies, "Let's" is irrelevant here. The question is about what constructions can follow the verb GO. The answer would be the same whether the sentences started Let's go.....
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