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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."



 
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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:25 am   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

Hi

Do you find the following correct and natural?

Quote:
Let's go a lot of shopping.

Quote:
She went a little shopping yesterday.

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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:30 am   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

Hi Tom,

My suggestions are:

Let's do a lot of shopping

and

She did a little shopping yesterday.

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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:33 am   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

Many thanks, Alan

...but please tell me if my sentences are wrong or odd or unnatural.

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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #4 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:40 am   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

OK - both are wrong.

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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #5 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:33 pm   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

You can, however, go shopping a lot/a little.
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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #6 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 13:58 pm   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

Hi Tom

Just a little addition to what's already been posted:

- Your sentences are not only wrong, but also odd and unnatural. (Sorry, but that's what you wanted to know...) Wink

- The use of go shopping a lot:
She goes shopping a lot. = She goes shopping often.

- In my opinion, the use of go shopping a little can be used differently (i.e. not just to indicate the frequency of shopping outings). You could possibly use it in a sentence similar to your first sentence. This is how I see two possible usages:
Let's go shopping a little. = Let's do a little shopping.
She goes shopping a little. = She goes shopping sometimes.
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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #7 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 20:18 pm   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

Many thanks to all of you--however Ms Google can be misleading! Shocked

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22go+a+little+shopping%22

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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #8 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 20:29 pm   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

Hi Tom,

I don't think Google ever misleads. It absorbs everything that anybody has written or said from the wisest to the most stupid. The only way you can avoid being seduced by its offerings is to check the source.

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Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping." #9 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 20:36 pm   Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."
 

Tom wrote:
Many thanks to all of you--however Ms Google can be misleading! Shocked
That just goes to show that you should never trust anyone named "Ms Google". Laughing

Look at this, Tom. Her Royal Highness BNC is more reliable. Cool
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