Difference between these structures 去 vs 到...去
Can you explain me the difference between these two structures: subject+去+地方 vs subject+到地方+去 (example: 我去书店 vs 我到书店去) I understand that these sentences mean “I go to the book store”. Is there any difference? 谢谢Thank you all for your comments. So, according to your answer, subject+去+ place is more formal than the other structure... No difference in meaning but formality?

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Difference between these structures 去 vs 到...去
Can you explain me the difference between these two structures: subject+去+地方 vs subject+到地方+去 (example: 我去书店 vs 我到书店去) I understand that these sentences mean “I go to the book store”. Is there any difference? 谢谢Thank you all for your comments. So, according to your answer, subject+去+ place is more formal than the other structure... No difference in meaning but formality?

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there is slightly difference be these two expressions. 

subject+去+地方 :the talker just talk about a place that the listener dont konw,like your example, 我去书店，the listener might not know which book store the speaker will go. and if you say 我到书店去, probably the listener does know which bookstore he will go,and the listener might have been to that bookstore himself frequently. 

imagine this scene 

when a boy tell his mother what he will do this afternoon. 我今天下午不到学校去，我去书店。his mother surely know which school he will not go to, and just dont know which bookstore he will go to.

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maybe they are the same

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去 ...  is normal form。

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There is no difference between these two structures,two meanings are same.but the structure: subject+去+地方 is standard，the other one is colloquial.

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