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I go to lagos vs I went to lagos

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "I go to Lagos" is used to talk about a habitual action or a regular occurrence, while "I went to Lagos" is used to talk about a specific past action that has already been completed.

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I go to lagos

This phrase is correct when talking about a habitual action or a regular occurrence.

This phrase is used to express a routine or regular activity of going to Lagos.

Examples:

I go to Lagos every summer to visit my family.
She goes to Lagos every weekend for work.
Do you go to Lagos often?

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My grandparents think I go to woodcarving lessons... but actually I go to silence meetings.
I go to bed some nights wondering.
I go to one several times a week.
Or I go to the watch commander.
I go to study in the morning, then I go to school.
If I go out any longer, I go to jail.
So I go pour some cereal, I go to get the milk.
I go to umpire school, you go to college.
They won't go to the Hague, so I go to them.
They go to their homes, I go to mine which happens to be a dump.
If I go to Simcoe, then you need to go to the only other man who can get Abe free...
I'll miss the connection on the Emirates flight to Lagos.
So we went to Lagos in October 2005.
I go to La Purisima in two days.
I go to a fortune teller who tells me everything.
Every morning, I go to work by tube.
I go to castle only in mornings.
Because every time I go to the dentist, somebody dies.
Then Amber and I go to Venezuela to meet our other half-brother, Ramon...
I go to Grover Cleveland Alexander High School.

Alternatives:

I usually go to Lagos.
I frequently go to Lagos.
I go to Lagos regularly.

I went to lagos

This phrase is correct when talking about a specific past action that has already been completed.

This phrase is used to talk about a single past action of going to Lagos.

Examples:

I went to Lagos last year for a vacation.
She went to Lagos for a business trip.
He went to Lagos to attend a conference.

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So we went to Lagos in October 2005.
And we went to Lagos to meet Bond Emeruwa, a wonderful, talented film director who is with us tonight.
President Lagos went on to say that Europe offered an interesting paradigm and European society represents "the kind of society we want to create".
Shortly after he published my first novel I went to a TV station in Lagos to do an interview,
So cynical I went to business school.
I went to listen to Colonel Pallavicino.
Because I went to University of Maryland.
I went to get a bag...
I went to borrow the typewriter.
I went to the temple and checked.
I went to High School with Mitch.
I went to school in Massachusetts.
I went to my apartment first.
I went to Italy after college.
I went to Wharton, actually.
I went to visit grandma in scottsdale...
I went to Amsterdam spring break senior year.
I went to Egypt. I went to say hello to this one Egyptian guy, I went, one, two. I went for three. He wasn't into it.
So, I went to the Cape last summer to hide from simplicity, and I went to the Gap, because I only have black pants.
I went to the local greengrocer, and I went to a farmer who was throwing away potatoes because they were the wrong shape or size for supermarkets.

Alternatives:

I visited Lagos.
I traveled to Lagos.
I was in Lagos.

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