Comment on It's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a place
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 3 months agoYes. We regularly say “go to [verb]”.
Go to eat
Go to learn
Go to exercise
Saying “go to sleep” is exectly the same.
Comment on It's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a place
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 3 months agoYes. We regularly say “go to [verb]”.
Go to eat
Go to learn
Go to exercise
Saying “go to sleep” is exectly the same.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 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.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 3 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.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yes, I said it was grammatically correct. However, one phrase is actually used by native speakers of the language, the others are not. So there is a difference.