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 Thu Dec 13, 2007 21:55 pm "go on" v.s. "come on" & meaning of "lay on" |
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| lost_soul wrote: | Hi,
Could you answer the following 2 questions, please:
1. Do "come on" and "go on" give the similar idea, when they mean "to start working/operating"?
For example, are they interchangeable in these examples: Yes
a. The heating system goes on/comes on at 6 AM every morning
b. The street lights go on/come on every time it gets dark.
2. Is it true that "to lay on a service" means "to provide the service".
In particular, do you find these sentences natural:
a. Our company should lay on a much better service if it wants to bring in more money.
b. We need to lay on more coaches since we're expecting a bigger turnout than it was previously planned. Neither sentence sounds natural to me in AmE. I wouldn't even consider using "lay on". Maybe someone more familiar with British English will comment on whether your use of "lay on" would be natural in BE. (By the way, I'd delete the word 'it' in your last sentence.)
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Hi Alex
I've commented in the quote. There is no particular reason that my comments are in blue other than to differentiate my comments from yours inside the quote. (Recently, one member of this forum suddenly seemed confused by this concept -- even though it apparently was never confusing before. Thus this explanation.)
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| Fri Dec 14, 2007 16:06 pm 'go on' v.s. 'come on' and meaning of 'lay on' |
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Alex
We hope to lay on some kind of entertainment for the troops
Try this instead:
We hope to provide some kind of entertainment for the troops.
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We hope to provide some sort of entertainment for the troops.
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| Fri Dec 14, 2007 16:06 pm 'go on' v.s. 'come on' and meaning of 'lay on' |
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you could also use "form" to take the place of kind/sort
form, type, sort, kind... would all work in that spot.
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| Mon Dec 17, 2007 17:23 pm 'go on' v.s. 'come on' and meaning of 'lay on' |
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| I am fascinated by your new avatar too, Amy! |
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| Mon Dec 17, 2007 18:49 pm 'go on' v.s. 'come on' and meaning of 'lay on' |
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Thanks, Pamela. When it comes to drawing, I can't manage much more than stick figures. 
On the other hand, I know that Tom (not Prezbucky) is wonderful at drawing.
(Prezbucky, are you good at drawing too?)
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