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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010Morrison: go on
Hello: Does "to go on" have the meaning of "to leave" in standard/non- standard AmE? --- [Huge quarrel between brother and sister, never to speak again to each other] Then she said, "I been worried sick about you too, Macon." Exasperated, he had gone to the kitchen door. "Go 'head, Pilate. Go on now. I'm on the thin side of evil and trying not to break through." Pilate [...] left through the kitchen door. She never came back. Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 20 --- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu >Hello: > >Does "to go on" have the meaning of "to leave" in standard/non- >standard AmE? Not really. It usually means to continue with something. In this case, to continue with his intention to leave. However, you could exhort someone to "go on now" in telling a story, resuming an interrupted task, or to get back to minding their own business. >--- >[Huge quarrel between brother and sister, never to speak again to each [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 20  SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >> Does "to go on" have the meaning of "to leave" in standard/non- >> standard AmE? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > exhort someone to "go on now" in telling a story, resuming an > interrupted task, or to get back to minding their own business. I don't know if anyone still does it, but "Aw, go on" has also been used to express disbelief. >> --- >> [Huge quarrel between brother and sister, never to speak again to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 20 SignatureSkitt (AmE) > Hello: > > Does "to go on" have the meaning of "to leave" in standard/non- > standard AmE? Yes. Often there's a destination stated: "Go on home." But "Go on" can be used by itself: "Go on. Git. I hear your mother calling." It's probably Southern in origin. --Jeff SignatureIs man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's? --Friedrich Nietzsche > > Hello: > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > can be used by itself: "Go on. Git. I hear your mother calling." > It's probably Southern in origin. Like that famous Southern playwright Willy Bob Shakespeare: I say, away! go on; i'll follow thee. Hamlet: I, iv Master, go on, and I will follow thee, As You Like It: II, iii |
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