go on (with) running

[sitifan]

1. I ran and tripped and got up and went on running. (my bold, Songs of Enchantment: A Novel, by Ben Okri)
2. I ran and tripped and got up and went on with running. (my bold, by Prof. Zhao)
#1 is supposed to be correct. Is #2 acceptable to native speakers?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. "With" doesn't work there.

 

[Rover_KE]

There are too many ands.

 

[emsr2d2]

There are too many ands.

I agree but it's a direct quote from a novel. Initially, I didn't notice that and I was going to make changes to the sentence. Who am I to argue with a published author, even if I think their writing (in that sentence, at least) is messy?!

 

[Tarheel]

@sitifan When you trip you are thrown off stride. You probably stumble a bit. Then what happens? Well, you could stop for a bit to see what made you trip. (That happens.) Other than that you simply keep walking (or running). In the original sentence it is strongly implied that the person fell. That (falling) must have happened, because otherwise there would have been no reason to get up. The one (tripping) causes the other (falling). It's possible to trip without falling. So if I want to say somebody tripped and fell I say exactly that.