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consider going vs consider to go

Both "consider going" and "consider to go" are correct, but "consider going" is more commonly used and is considered more natural in English. On the other hand, "consider to go" is less common and may sound awkward to native speakers.
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consider going

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when suggesting or thinking about the possibility of going somewhere or doing something.

Examples:

  • I will consider going to the party.
  • Have you considered going on a trip?
  • She is considering going back to school.
  • Let's consider going to the beach this weekend.
  • They considered going to the concert.
  • - Someone who wouldn't consider going to Florida traveling.
  • But you really should consider going back to law school.
  • Maybe you should consider going vegetarian, too.
  • You should seriously consider going pro in that.
  • You might want to consider going a little easier on her.
  • Slides are okay, though you might consider going for props.
  • I think we should consider going with more traditional colors.
  • But tell me you would never consider going to work construction with your father.
  • Please consider going back to the old system.
  • If this works good, I'd consider going again, you know.
  • I mean, if he's really amazing, I'd consider going to Jersey City.
  • Would you consider going to Botswana to meet him?
  • You know, if my sentence gets commuted, I'd consider going back to school.
  • If I had children, I wouldn't consider going to jail.
  • We already have protection against misleading claims, but we might consider going further and help engage the consumer actively in the ethics of production.
  • Did you ever consider going out with an ex-cop?
  • Would you consider going on a date?
  • Did you ever consider going around that tree instead of through it?
  • If you would consider going to a shrink, I would pay for it myself.
  • You want to maybe consider going after the Blues Brothers?

Alternatives:

  • think about going
  • contemplate going
  • ponder going
  • mull over going
  • reflect on going

consider to go

This phrase is correct but less common in English.

This phrase can be used in a more formal or structured context, but it may sound awkward to native speakers.

Examples:

  • They will consider to go if the conditions are right.
  • It is important to consider to go early to avoid traffic.
  • The committee will consider to go over the proposal tomorrow.
  • She decided to consider to go with her family.
  • He was asked to consider to go to the meeting.
  • We just have to consider how to go about it.
  • I consider it permission to go ahead in my own way.
  • It does not consider we have to go all the way to the market to sell it.
  • That is why I did not consider it right to go down a path where politicians would be delegating power away from themselves to less open and less transparent agencies.
  • The Committee does not consider it necessary to go into the measures proposed by the Commission, which are formally correct but will not always be easily accepted by the Member States, especially if opposing ideological positions are not first set aside.
  • In the 21st century, we need to actually look at - and what I'm actually going to encourage you to consider today - is to go back to our school days when we learned how to count.
  • Here as in other areas, we consider it important to go beyond a somewhat intergovernmental approach which grants the Commission a secondary role and move towards a clearly Community-based and European approach which places the Commission at the centre of activity.
  • Mr President, the communication we are debating in favour of a uniform and effective application of the common fisheries policy is thought-provoking and leads us to consider issues which go beyond the CFP itself.
  • Dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, we consider it is time to go from making statements about what we should do to doing what we should do.
  • In digging puzzles, look for false bricks you can fall into and thus have one less brick to dig. Or consider using an enemy to go ahead of you, so that you can stand on his head and dig.
  • In other words, we should not consider that we need to go 'lower' in agriculture, because the budget proved that, up to 2013, we always had money, which we took from for Galileo, for energy and for broadband Internet.
  • If you answer correctly, we might consider letting them go.
  • But you might want to consider letting the statement go.
  • Well, go and consider your verdict carefully.
  • And l'd never consider letting you go into a Kazon-Nistrim stronghold by yourself.
  • For a start, I consider that Europe cannot go on paying the price for not having a structured, institutional and strategic dialogue with Africa.
  • It is clearly inappropriate to go so far as to view those who protest against what they consider to be an unjust social order as terrorists.
  • The Committee considers that it would go against the PPI to recognise different protection to Mr Dupuis and to the other Italian Members of the List where he was elected.
  • The Commission considers that such adjustments go in the right direction towards the establishment of fairer charging systems which also give an incentive for a more rational and efficient use of road networks.
  • I allow them to go there and, through their own experience, learn, in a bloodless way, how not to do what they consider to be the wrong thing.

Alternatives:

  • decide to go
  • plan to go
  • intend to go
  • choose to go
  • opt to go

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