Go on to do vs go on doing - English in a Minute

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  Hi, I'm Phil and I'm going to tell you the difference between go on doing and go on to do something.

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  Now, the meaning of go on depends on whether it's followed by the gerund or the infinitive.

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  So if we have go on doing, that's the gerund.

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  It means to continue doing something.

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  So for example, I'd like to go on talking now or I really like this city.

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  I. I'd like to go on living here for years.

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  Go on to do.

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  That's the infinitive, means to progress on to something.

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  For example,

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  I'd like to go on to study more languages or you could go on to have an even better job.

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  Just remember that if you go on doing something, you don't change.

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  And if you go on to do something, you do change.

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  So if you go on practising your English, you'll go on to be even better than you are now.