Expression: "Let's go a lot of shopping."

[Tom]

Hi

Do you find the following correct and natural?

[Alan]

Hi Tom,

My suggestions are:

Let's do a lot of shopping

and

She did a little shopping yesterday.

Alan
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[Tom]

Many thanks, Alan

...but please tell me if my sentences are wrong or odd or unnatural.

Tom

[Alan]

OK - both are wrong.

A
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[Conchita]

You can, however, go shopping a lot/a little.

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Just a little addition to what's already been posted:

- Your sentences are not only wrong, but also odd and unnatural. (Sorry, but that's what you wanted to know...) ;)

- The use of go shopping a lot:
She goes shopping a lot. = She goes shopping often.

- In my opinion, the use of go shopping a little can be used differently (i.e. not just to indicate the frequency of shopping outings). You could possibly use it in a sentence similar to your first sentence. This is how I see two possible usages:
Let's go shopping a little. = Let's do a little shopping.
She goes shopping a little. = She goes shopping sometimes.
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[Tom]

Many thanks to all of you--however Ms Google can be misleading! :shock:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22go+a+little+shopping%22

Tom

[Alan]

Hi Tom,

I don't think Google ever misleads. It absorbs everything that anybody has written or said from the wisest to the most stupid. The only way you can avoid being seduced by its offerings is to check the source.

Alan
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[Yankee]