Is there a rule or trick of when we should add auxiliary "to" after "go"? We use "go outside", "go there"(I was using 'go to there' a lot), "go to Canada" and "go to the bank", but is there a simple r

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Shallker Wang

Is there a rule or trick of when we should add auxiliary "to" after "go"? We use "go outside", "go there"(I was using 'go to there' a lot), "go to Canada" and "go to the bank", but is there a simple rule for them? Or I have to remember each of them?

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The rule is rather simple. It has nothing to do with the word "go". It has to do with the adverb of place. there; here; where; outside; inside; upstairs; downstairs; which way; this way; that way These adverbs do not take "to". You might also be interested to know that they don't take the word "at", either! I am inside; I am outside; etc.

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