go (to) sleep

[TitoBr]

Hi there!

Is it Okay to omit 'to' while talking about routine in the following sentence?

...and then I go sleep approximately at 11 pm.

Cheers,
Tito

 

[Rover_KE]

No, it's not OK to omit 'to'.

(Write OK or okay, not Okay or Ok.)

 

[rock-onn]

Why some verbs require 'to' after it? Is there any rule for it?

 

[Rover_KE]

Why do some verbs require 'to' after them? Is there any rule about it?

Please note my amendments to your post.

There is no rule. 'Go' can also be followed by many other words.

'Go away/back/forward/round/sideways.'

 

[teechar]

As Rover_KE has pointed out, there is no rule as such. However, some verbs can be followed by a full infinitive, others by a bare infinitive, and yet others by either.
Are you aware of that, rock-onn?

 

[teechar]

Oops!
You're absolutely right, Piscean.
Thanks for that. :up:

 

[rock-onn]

I read the article below.

http://www.englishgrammar.org/infinitive-3/

So, I think 'to sleep' is infinitive and it is a noun for the verb 'go'.

 

[rock-onn]

I wish to read more on it especially which mentions when it is not an infinitive. Do you have any link to share?

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER

Dear readers: I have found an interesting article at grammarexchange, but I do not know how to link.

Please go to Google and type these words:

To sleep infinitive / prepositional phrase? -- Topic

 

[ademoglu]

May I interrupt?

According to Michael Swan's 'Practical English Usage' ''n informal American English, 'and' is sometimes dropped after the base forms 'go' and 'come': Go jump in the river'' (page 47).

So, can't we use 'sleep' as a bare infitinive after 'go' just as the one above? Can't we, for example, say something like that: OK! Go sleep in my bed!

 

[Matthew Wai]

I consider 'go to sleep' an idiom, which is immutable.

NOT A TEACHER

Rock-onn, I have found an interesting article at grammarexchange, but I do not know how to link.

Please go to Google and type these words:

To sleep infinitive / prepositional phrase? -- Topic

What is your problem in posting a hyperlink? Just copy and paste the URL.
http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/343101494

 

[GoesStation]

May I interrupt?

According to Michael Swan's 'Practical English Usage' ''n informal American English, 'and' is sometimes dropped after the base forms 'go' and 'come': Go jump in the river'' (page 47).

So, can't we use 'sleep' as a bare infitinive after 'go' just as the one above? Can't we, for example, say something like that: OK! Go sleep in my bed!

Yes, that's okay. It's an imperative, though, not an infinitive.