Does "to go on" have the meaning of "to leave" in standard/non- standard AmE? --- [Huge quarrel between brother and sister, never to speak again to each other] Then she said, "I been worried sick about you too, Macon." Exasperated, he had gone to the kitchen door. "Go 'head, Pilate. Go on now. I'm on the thin side of evil and trying not to break through." Pilate [...] left through the kitchen door. She never came back. Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 20 --- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu Other posts: |