go so far

[navi tasan]

1) We go so far to find happiness, but we are usually disappointed.
2) People go so far to find happiness, but they are usually disappointed.

Is that sentence grammatically correct and meaningful?

My question is actually about 'go so far'. I heard someone use 'go so far' meaning 'make a great effort' and I wanted to see if that usage existed.


Gratefully,
Navi

 

[emsr2d2]

Is that sentence grammatically correct and meaningful?

You gave us two sentences. Which one would you like to know about?

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you very much, Emsr2d2.

Let's take the first one.

 

[tedmc]

I prefer "make great efforts/go to great lengths/endeavour" to "go so far".

 

[Glizdka]

Maybe it's just me, but I prefer when go so far is complemented with that, not but.

"People go so far to find happinness that they don't realise their actions may hurt others in the process."

 

[Barque]

I heard someone use 'go so far' meaning 'make a great effort'

"So" can be used to mean something like "very" or "hard" but I've never heard "go so far" used to mean "make a great effort". It's more likely to be used to mean "achieved so much", or, literally, "go a long way".

 

[emsr2d2]

1) We go so far try very hard to find happiness no comma here but we are usually disappointed.

I wouldn't use "go so far" in that sentence. For a start, it includes the irritating use of "so" to mean "very". It can work in some contexts but this one doesn't work.

 

[Barque]

I heard someone use 'go so far' meaning 'make a great effort' and I wanted to see if that usage existed.

Perhaps you're thinking of the expression "go so far as to do something".
I wouldn't go so far as to call him a liar.
That means: I wouldn't go to the extent of calling him a liar.