yuriya
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In ESL grammar books, go is usually taught to be used with gerund of recreation-related verbs such as go camping/swimming/surfing etc. But in reality, I come across go + gerund structure with verbs that have nothing to with recreation-related verbs. Here's one I found today: I hit her and we both went sailing off the rock into the river.
I'm pretty sure I came across go investigating somewhere as well. But then some -ing forms after the verb go seem more like present participles than gerunds in that they imply some kind of action is going down. What's going on here?
I'm pretty sure I came across go investigating somewhere as well. But then some -ing forms after the verb go seem more like present participles than gerunds in that they imply some kind of action is going down. What's going on here?