1063 - Don’t Say “Visit To” - Visit vs Go To

About this episode

This episode discusses the differences between using 'visit' and 'go to' in everyday English.

Jack visited his parents last weekend. We went to Milan for vacation. I need to go to the doctor. I visited my friend in Brooklyn. Visit and go to. Both words are used to talk about movement, but they are easy to mix up. Can you say, “I visited to New York”? Why do we say, “go to the doctor,” but, “visit the doctor”? And what’s the difference between, “I visited my friend,” and, “I went to my friend’s house”? Yeah… there’s actually more going on here than you might think. So today, we’re going to look at how people really use visit and go to in everyday English The Happy English Podcast Helping people speak English better since 2014 Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads 📘 Build your vocabulary with my free Vocabulary Workshop https://learn.myhappyenglish.com/vocabulary-workshop-signup 🎥 Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnglishNY/podcasts 🌐 Learn more about my English lessons and courses https://www.myhappyenglish.com

People in this episode

Host: Michael DiGiacomo

Topics covered

• English language usage
• visit vs go to
• common mistakes
• everyday English
• vocabulary building

Keywords

• visit
• go to
• English language
• common mistakes
• vocabulary

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New York, Milan, Brooklyn

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