Hi! I'm an English speaker but not native.
I have a doubt. What do you use in this sentence? :
I went to the beach for going for a swim.
OR
I went to the beach to go for a swim.
I went to your house to know if you'd arrived.
OR
I went to your house for knowing if you'd arrived
Thanks!
2006-09-10 06:14:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You would say
'I am going to the beach to go swimming' or
'I am going to the beach to swim.' or
'I am going to the beach for a swim.'
in the present tense or
'I went to the beach for a swim.' or
'I went to the beach to go for a swim.'
in the past tense.
The second set of sentences would not be said that way. It would be more appropriate to say:-
'I went to your house to see if you'd arrived.' or
'I went to your house to find out if you'd arrived.' or
'I wanted to know if you'd arrived so I went to your house.'
2006-09-10 07:08:18 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to the beach TO go for a swim.
I went to your house TO know if you'd arrived.
2006-09-10 06:22:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct usages are:
I went to the beach for a swim.
I went to the beach to swim.
I went to the house since I knew you arrived.
I went to the house because I knew you arrived.
Oh, I see...
I went to your house to see if you arrived.
As you can see, native english speakers can't agree on proper usage.
2006-09-10 06:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by Laughing Libra 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The correct usages are:
I went to the beach for swiming.
I went to the beach to swim.
I went to your house to know if you had arrived
I went to your house for knowing about your arrival.
2006-09-10 06:24:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To in this cases. Usually (many exception) you go FOR something, you go TO do something.
2006-09-10 06:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by Valce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The proper use is...I went TOO the beach to go swimming....and I went TOO your house to know if you had arrived.
2006-09-10 06:20:58 · answer #6 · answered by lovelatte57 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
you use to in both sentences
2006-09-10 08:04:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'To go' and 'to know' are correct, but 'to see' or 'to find out' is better than 'to know'.
2006-09-10 06:17:01 · answer #8 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both are correct
to+infintive
for+verb+ing
2006-09-10 06:42:49 · answer #9 · answered by gasha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to
2006-09-10 06:38:53 · answer #10 · answered by Brunette Reset 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋