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We "go" to lots of things that aren't places. Im going to prove it with this sentence.
Can you do it after we go to lunch?
...into space. go figure
I think I'm going to vomit.
Is it nice there?
No, my stomach is going to town with all this regurgitation.
Planning to go into detail, or was that it?
Go to ass.
if you insist ;-)
I've got to go think about it for a second, and then I get to realize what it meant.
I'm going to go to sleep.
Double going!
Different usage. You wouldn't tell someone "Go to prove." Are there any examples of "Go to [word]." where the [word] is not a physical place?
Yes. We regularly say "go to [verb]".
Go to eat
Go to learn
Go to exerciseSaying "go to sleep" is exectly the same.
Not exactly. Compare being told "Go to sleep!" with "Go to eat!" "Go to learn!" "Go to exercise!" It makes sense grammatically, but nobody says it like that. They sound like something a non-native speaker would say.
It is grammatically correct to use them. It's the same rule. We're just used to using/hearing one but not the others.
Yes, I said it was grammatically correct. However, one phrase is actually used by native speakers of the language, the others are not. So there is a difference.
Not many.. Heres what i came up with though:
Go to great lengths
Go to extremes
Go to bat for something
Go to town on somethingStill different usages because they require more words to make sense. "Go to sleep" is a weird figure of speech.
Now you're moving the goalposts :p
I agree it is a rare structure.
No, I'm not. Notice the period. That was very deliberate.
Are there any examples of “Go to [word].”
I edited my original post, but what about "go to extremes" ?
That one's better!