On what occasions do you use "go on with" in English?

Question

On what occasions do you use "go on with" in English?
It would be great if you could give me example sentences.
do you often use it?
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

'go on' is an alternate equivalent of 'continue' 95% of the time. Use 'go on with' where you would use 'continue with'. What comes after the 'with' is some kind of activity you were, or somebody was, already busy doing.

["Go on with your story, Johnny," said the teacher.

Johnny went on with his story for the next 15 minutes.]

All the lights in the circus suddenly went out. In the dark, the ringmaster said, "Don't worry folks. We'll go on with the show in just a couple of minutes."

Hope some of those help.

MORE : 5% of the time, 'going on' simply means [something] 'happening': something good, or bad (like a malfunction), or just you asking and searching for information. And then "What's going on with Freddie? He seems sad today." is possible; or "What's going on with the copy machine? Is it broken again?" is possible too.

Answer 2

1] An example: "We decided that we could not go on with the project". As others note, it is the equivalent to "continue".



2] And indeed in a small number of cases it means "happening" or "the problem" and similar, as in "What's going on with Julie?" (We have noted that Julie looks sad and we want to know how to help her)



Personally I think you should wait until you have seen a few examples in normal writing in English before you use "go on with". There are other more definite ways to express that idea.

Answer 3

I suggest you go on with your English classes, because it's so hard to make sense of it :-)

Answer 4

For convincing to go somewhere like a trip.



For example, "You should go on with the trip" or "Go on with the wedding".

Answer 5

well, i dont you it that often. But here:



If you want to go on with what they're doing, then leave. (as in following a plan)



Go on with her and have fun. (as in going somewhere with someone.)

Answer 6

Never