Comment on It's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a place

Stillwater@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Let’s not go off the rails.

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• samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Different usage. You wouldn’t say “I’m going to prove.” or tell someone “Go to prove.” Are there any examples of “I’m going to [word].” or “Go to [word].” where the [word] is not a physical place?

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  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. We regularly say “go to [verb]”.

    Go to eat
    Go to learn
    Go to exercise

    Saying “go to sleep” is exectly the same.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not exactly. Compare being told “Go to sleep!” with “Go to eat!” “Go to learn!” “Go to exercise!” It makes sense grammatically, but nobody says it like that. They sound like something a non-native speaker would say.

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      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It is grammatically correct to use them. It’s the same rule. We’re just used to using/hearing one but not the others.

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  • Stillwater@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not many… Heres what i came up with though: Go to great lengths
    Go to an extreme
    Go to bat for something
    Go to town on something

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Still different usages because they require more words to make sense. “Go to sleep” is a weird figure of speech.

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      • Stillwater@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Now you’re moving the goalposts :p

        I agree it is a rare structure.

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• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Planning to go into detail, or was that it?

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• pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m going to go to sleep.

  Double going!

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• megane_kun@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve got to go think about it for a second, and then I get to realize what it meant.

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Go to ass.

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  • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    if you insist ;-)

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• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In English, ‘go to’ can be used as the future subjunctive tense of the verb being conjugated.

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  • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds fancy. I hope it’s not expensive to use.

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• whimsy@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can you do it after we go to lunch?

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …into space. go figure

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think I’m going to vomit.

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      • Goun@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is it nice there?

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