Go to and go for
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What is the difference between the following sentences?
1) I go for a run and do exercises every morning.
2) I go to a run and do exercises every morning.
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1) I go for a run and do exercises every morning. RIGHT
2) I go to a run and do exercises every morning. WRONG
We use 'go for' followed by a noun indicating your activity or PURPOSE. For example, you could say "I go for a walk" or "I go for a swim". You could also say "go for a coffee" or "go for a meal", for example. Or "go for a massage" or " go for a manicure". These are the things that you do or get when you go somewhere.
We use 'go to' followed by the PLACE that you go to. For example, "go to the gym", "go to the swimming pool" or "go to a restaurant" or "go to the beauty salon".
I hope that helps.
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The first sentence is correct. It means that you go out to exercise and run in the mornings.
The first part of the second sentence does not make any sense in context with the second half. "To go to a run" would usually mean to go watch someone else run, perhaps at a track and field race. In that sense, "to go to a run" would make the word run a noun rather than a verb. You are going to see an event that is labeled "a run".
When you yourself exercise by running, you "go for a run" and not "to a run". However, if you take the article "a" out it can be correct. You can "go to run" (properly, it is stated as a future event as "I am going to run" or "I am going running") and it means the same as "go for a run".
Hope this helps and is not too much to process. Good luck on English.
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Hi Tar Bahar,
No. 1 is more correct. You go for a run and do EXERCISE (not exercises, unless you're giving specific exercises, i.e. push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, stretching etc). You can't go TO a run. You can go TO the gym, though, where you might go FOR a swim.
Go for - go out for a purpose. Go for a run, a swim, coffee, a walk,
Go to - go to a specific place. Go to school, the gym, the park, the pool, a football match.
Hope this helps!
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