Do you have a minute to spare to learn some English? Phil's going to clear up the confusion between go on doing and go on to do. Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!
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Go on doing vs Go on to do
Phrasal verb
Go on is a phrasal verb. Phrasal verbs, or as they're sometimes known, multi-word verbs, are very common in English. They're formed of a main verb and a particle - a preposition or an adverb.
Go on doing
If you go on doing something, you continue doing it.
- After that interruption, I'd like to go on talking now.
- I really like this city! I'd like to go on living here for years!
- This is a false alarm. Please go on doing your work and do not evacuate.
Go on to do
If you go on to do something, you progress on to doing it - often in the future.
- I'd like to go on to study more languages.
- You could go on to have an even better job!
- After finishing university he went on to become a mathematician.
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To do
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