I’m going to go to camp this summer.

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[FONT=&#23435]I[/FONT][FONT=&#23435]m going to go to camp this summer.[/FONT][FONT=&#23435][/FONT]
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I think [/FONT][FONT=&#23435]camp[/FONT][FONT=&#23435] here is a noun, not a verb, just like [/FONT][FONT=&#23435]school[/FONT][FONT=&#23435] in [/FONT][FONT=&#23435]go to school[/FONT][FONT=&#23435]. What do you say?[/FONT][FONT=&#23435][/FONT]
[FONT=&#23435]Thanks. [/FONT][FONT=&#23435][/FONT]
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If it was the activity, one would say "I'm going to go camping this summer."
 

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Or maybe I'm going to camp at Île d'Orléans ​this summer.
 

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I think "Im going to go to camp this summer." and "I'm going to go camping this summer." have the same meaning. What do you say?
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You should omit the final period (full stop) from quoted text when the sentence in which it appears continues after the quotation.
 

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You should omit the final period (full stop) from quoted text when the sentence in which it appears continues after the quotation.
Do you mean I should rewrite the sentence like this: I think "Im going to go to camp this summer" and "I'm going to go camping this summer." have the same meaning.
What about the final period which I colored red? Is it right?
Thanks again.
 

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You should omit the final period (full stop) from quoted text when the sentence in which it appears continues after the quotation.

Do you mean I should rewrite the sentence like this: I think "Im going to go to camp this summer" and "I'm going to go camping this summer." have the same meaning.
What about the final period which I colored red? Is it right?
Thanks again.

The sentence in which your second quoted sentence appears continues after the quotation. Therefore you should omit both periods.
 
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