go on vs go on to

Both "go on" and "go on to" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Go on" is used to encourage someone to continue speaking or doing something, while "go on to" is used to indicate moving from one activity or topic to another.

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go on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to encourage someone to continue speaking or doing something.

Use "go on" when you want to encourage someone to continue with what they are saying or doing. It is often used in conversations or presentations.

Examples:

Please go on with your presentation.
Go on, I'm listening.
I interrupted him, but he asked me to go on.
She paused for a moment and then went on with her story.
Go on, don't be shy.

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I say we go on without him.
Production must go on, but sales are down.
Nobody ordered Walt to go on this mission.
Interesting. I thought her dream was to go on tour.
My mother can't go on with the case of the old ladies.
Please go on with your story.
And next time you go on holiday let us know where.
Mother Confessor, let me go on to track Richard.
Think we need to start entertaining the possibility that the Shamy could go on for years.
I need a reason to go on.
If you can go on vacation, you should go on vacation.
Because the show of eradicating intolerance must go on.
Prepare to go on my command.
In one fragment someone encourages Waldere to go on fighting.
Okay, maybe go on a little.
Life cannot possibly go on without Euridice.
Yet we happily go on producing.
The Commission cannot go on expanding indefinitely.
I'd go on tour forever and never come back.
If I go on date with Kimberly...

Alternatives:

continue
keep going
proceed
carry on
resume

go on to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate moving from one activity or topic to another.

Use "go on to" when you want to show progression from one thing to another. It is often used when talking about transitions or sequences.

Examples:

After finishing high school, she went on to study at university.
He went on to become a successful entrepreneur.
Let's go on to the next item on the agenda.
The movie ended, and they went on to discuss their favorite scenes.
She went on to explain the details of the experiment.

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Iwerks would go on to make extensive use of Cinecolor with his ComiColor Cartoon series.
They go on to jam innocent GPS receivers for miles around you.
I know you go on to say that discussion about flexicurity should be more balanced.
We go on to the next case.
Mother Confessor, let me go on to track Richard.
Some of those go on to a conversation.
I could graduate and go on to West Point.
You better go on to basketball practice.
Let me go on to the 101 of international organized crime now.
Charlotte did go on to my flat after I'd killed her husband.
He can get it and go on to do wonderful things.
No, go on to sleep.
No, go on to sleep.
They go on to make buildings tall and bridges safe.
Some go on to have amazing lives, - and others...
Forget about her... and go on to Paris.
You're going to go on to...
I may go on to be Miss America one day.
Then we could go on to Marilyn Monroe and Bobby.
It could go on to infect your heart, intestines, esophagus...

Alternatives:

move on to
proceed to
transition to
advance to
shift to

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