Kolridg
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Could you please tell how I should take "go about" in the next example sentence? If paraphrase the second part of the sentence, will it be "and most people started to do their activities as usual", or it will be "and most people were doing their activities as usual"?
I more tend to variant with "started to do", although I suppose that not in each sentence it should be interpreted as "started to do", and in some situations it may be "were doing" or "did".
Go about — Macmillan dictionary
"Meaning 1:
TRANSITIVE (go about something) to do something that you normally do in your usual way (go about your business/work/daily life etc):
There were no further reports of violence in the town, and most people went about their daily activities as usual."
I more tend to variant with "started to do", although I suppose that not in each sentence it should be interpreted as "started to do", and in some situations it may be "were doing" or "did".
Go about — Macmillan dictionary
"Meaning 1:
TRANSITIVE (go about something) to do something that you normally do in your usual way (go about your business/work/daily life etc):
There were no further reports of violence in the town, and most people went about their daily activities as usual."
