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usage of "go through with" Thu Dec 20, 2007 13:40 pm  usage of "go through with"
 

Hi,
I wonder if I can use "go though with" in the meaning of "carry out", as in:

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Some people just give up on their undertakings and and never go though with what they have planned.

Do you think the quote above is natural?

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usage of "go through with" Thu Dec 20, 2007 14:50 pm  usage of "go through with"
 

Hi Alex

Yes, your sentence is fine.

The phrasal verb 'go through with' refers to doing something that you planned or promised to do.
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usage of "go through with" Thu Dec 20, 2007 15:12 pm  usage of "go through with"
 

Hi, Amy

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usage of "go through with" Thu Dec 20, 2007 16:49 pm  usage of "go through with"
 

Hi LS,

Just one additional point about 'go through with' - it often indicates that there has been some reluctance before the decision to carry something out. That's also why it is also frequently used in a negative way as in: In view of all the problems we had previously with that order, I can't possibly go through with it all over again.

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usage of "go through with" Thu Dec 20, 2007 20:31 pm  usage of "go through with"
 

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In view of all the problems we had previously with that order, I can't possibly go through with it all over again.

On this side of the pond, I don't think that is a very likely usage of "go through with". It seems to me that we would be more likely to say something such as "I really don't want to go through any of those problems again" (i.e. without the word 'with').

But I agree that when 'go through with' is used, a negative sense and/or a sense of reluctance or doubt is often there. 'Go through with' is often used in AmE when someone has threatened to do something. If you think about it, a threat is also a kind of promise -- a promise of something negative:

The gunman threatened to kill us. However, he didn't go through with his promise of violence, and left without firing a single shot.

In the sentence above, you might also say that 'the gunman was reluctant to carry out his threat'.
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usage of "go through with" Thu Dec 20, 2007 22:09 pm  usage of "go through with"
 

Hi,

I agree that you wouldn't say: 'go through with problems'. For the record I referred to 'it' as the thing I can't possibly go through with again ie the decision whether or not to place the order. 'Go through' on its own suggests: 'endure/suffer/put up with' and that's an entirely different kettle of fish.

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usage of "go through with" Thu Dec 20, 2007 23:24 pm  usage of "go through with"
 

Alan wrote:
Hi,

I agree that you wouldn't say: 'go through with problems'. For the record I referred to 'it' as the thing I can't possibly go through with again ie the decision whether or not to place the order.
Right, and my point was that I don't believe people are likely to talk about "going through with it again", but I can imagine people saying that they don't want to "put up with/endure/go through it again". That was my point about the usage as I know it in AmE.

Alan wrote:
'Go through' on its own suggests: 'endure/suffer/put up with' and that's an entirely different kettle of fish.
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