2022年8月15日 · Go waste or go wasted? Two examples: I have spent a lot of time on this project. I really do not want my efforts to go waste(d). If you do not practice regularly, your talent may go waste(d). I have seen contradicting evidence on this topic. On the one hand, it seems to me that an adjective should be used after go.

2019年3月15日 · Well, I would say "if you don't eat it by noon, it will go to waste" or "if you don't eat it by noon then it will go waste". – SamBC Commented Mar 15, 2019 at 11:51

The best modal is the one you really think expresses the probability that the efforts will go to waste. There's not one that expresses all three possibilities at once. You have to make a decision between the three. You could also write the sentence to show that you don't know what the probability is like this:

ABBA (written thus) was a Swedish pop music group in the 1970s, famous world-wide. "Don't go [doing something]" is an idiomatic way of strongly suggesting that the listener does not do something. "Don't go wasting your emotion" is equivalent to "Don't waste your emotion".

So I'd go for that if you're not sure how others might react to various different words (for example, poop may be considered "childish", shit may be a bit too crude, and waste is somewhat "clinical"). Logically, you might think dogs' mess would be more "correct", but …

2018年10月4日 · Yes, you are right :) But, because of it being a bit tautological, to me the heading "How to set the basic settings" would sound a bit like "hey, this guy really wanted to make this heading task-oriented". I guess it would probably be better to just go with "Basic settings" at …

2021年5月26日 · A waste of time; Flogging (or 'beating') a dead horse; A wild goose chase; A wasted labour; A merry chase; A lost cause; These idioms mean that you get nothing from the work you put in. A few of the other suggestions you have been offered are good, but some refer to 'endless' tasks, not pointless ones.

2020年6月26日 · If a present progressive is used in this context, evoking the past and using the past continuous is fine. was going could also be expressed as used to go here. Person One: Well, I am going a lot less compared to when I was at university. But last year, I was going [or used to go] about six times a month. Now, I hardly go at all. went can be ...

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Almost any preposition can go after to spend (adjective) money (on something or someone). I spend money before I have it. The mayor spends money at the tabacco store. My girlfriend loves to spend my money on dresses behind my back. We are spending lots of money on blackjack with our poker chips.