went fishing

[navi tasan]

Which are correct:

1) They went to the lake fishing.
2) They went to the lake, fishing.
Meaning: They went to the lake to fish.


3) They went to the ABC nightclub dancing.
4) They went to the ABC nightclub, dancing.
Meaning: They went to the nightclub to dance.


Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[bhaisahab]

I find them all unnatural.

 

[Matthew Wai]

They went fishing/dancing at the lake/nightclub.

 

[Roman55]

They sound as though the last word is telling us the manner in which they went to the lake or the nightclub.

This is especially true of #4 which reads as though they were dancing their way to the club.