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tisogai
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 Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: where I was going |
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Please help me;
An elderly woman sitting next to me on the train asked me where I was going.
Can I also write....
"An elderly woman sitting next to me on the train asked me where I was going to go"??
Is that grammatically correct and keeping its meaning the same?
Thanks very much. |
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: Re: where I was going |
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| tisogai wrote: |
An elderly woman sitting next to me on the train asked me where I was going.
Can I also write....
"An elderly woman sitting next to me on the train asked me where I was going to go"??
Is that grammatically correct and keeping its meaning the same? |
It is grammatically correct, but the meaning changes.
Where I was going means what is my destination right now. I am on the train to Beijing so I am going to Beijing to see the Forbidden City.
Where I was going to go means what is my future destination. I am on the train to Beijing but I am going to go to Xian to see the Terracotta Soldiers. |
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