go+gerund

[Kwfine]

Dear teachers,

We say "go shopping", "go fishing", but
why it is not "go taking a bath"?
Instead I often saw people not using gerund after "Go", for example:

Group A:
1. Go take some good food
2. Go buy yourself new toys
But not
Group B:
1. Go taking some good food
2. Go buying yourself new toys

The sentences in Group A are confusing.
Could you help clarify please, teachers.

Thank you

Kitty

[Vietanhpham_Winter]

Though I'm not a teacher, I think I could help you something. Let's pay more attention to your examples. Go fishing, go shopping, go swimming...etc. Go+gerund is a correct structure and it is an English rule. Also, Come+infinitive without to. For example, come run the hidden pine trails of the forests, come taste the sun sweet barries of the Earth(Colours of the wind-Vanessa William). I think there's nothing for you to be confused. Try to read more and find examples of what you're inquiring, then you'll understand them.
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[Ellesbells]

I am not a teacher, but my best guess as a native English speaker is that when you use go+ a gerund, it usually refers to activities that make sense even if you don't say anything afterwards. To "go fishing" is an activity by itself and "I go fishing" makes sense by itself. To "go taking" is not and "I go taking" does not make sense by itself. I think it also has something to do with being continuous, but I am not sure.

I think the best thing to do is read, listen, and pay attention to the situations in which people use go + a gerund. Don't be afraid to make mistakes and try to ask people to correct you when you make them. I don't know if there's any sense or rule about it, so you may just have to learn what "sounds right."