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Thread: which is correct
- 18-Jun-2005, 04:51 #1spaceghost1 Guest
which is correct i went to see or i went and saw
- 18-Jun-2005, 06:16 #2
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'I went to see' = I went with the intention of seeing. You may or may not have been successful: 'I went to see the Mona Lisa, but she was out being cleaned'.
'I went and saw' = I went there and I in fact saw La Gioconda.
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