"On" in my sentence

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Rachel Adams

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Hello.

Is it wrong to use "on" in my sentence?
"Go straight on until you see the traffic lights, then turn on the right."
 

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Is it wrong to use "on" in my sentence?
"Go straight on until you see the traffic lights, then turn [STRIKE]on the[/STRIKE] right."
With my correction, it may be okay in British English. We wouldn't use the preposition in the States.
 

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Anything's better than the directions I used to get in Rhode Island, e.g.:

- Go left at the rotary.
- Go halfway to the end of Lonsdale Boulevard and make a right.
- Turn left where the liquor store used to be.
 

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We wouldn't use the preposition in the States.

We'd use "on" if "go straight" were replaced with "continue":

Continue on until you see the traffic lights; then . . . .
 

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GS was talking about the second 'on'.

Ah, yes. I am talking about the first. I'd replace "Go straight on," which I personally find very unidiomatic, with "Go straight" or "Continue on."
 

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GS was talking about the second 'on'.
No, I'd struck that out. I was talking about the first one. We Americans don't use the expression "straight on" as it's used in the sample sentence.
 

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Turn right.
 
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