Think about these contexts. Do they describe motion in one direction, or more than one?
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I’m going to the store.
When you’re talking of a single trip in the present, you can’t go more than one direction at a time!
I often go to Masha’s place.
You go there, and back, many times.
Every day we walk around town.
You have no particular destination.
Every Sunday we go to the library.
You go there, and back, many times.
We never go to the theater.
You (don’t) go there and back.
He usually doesn’t go to class.
Going to class would be a repeated round trip (if he went!).
She’s on her way home.
“On her way” suggests motion in one direction.
I’m headed downtown right now.
“To be headed..” suggests motion in one direction.
We like to walk around the old town in Prague.
We have no particular destination, we just wander the streets aimlessly.
They walked all around Moscow but couldn’t find what they needed.
They walked to many different places.
Where are you going?
You’re asking about where someone is headed at a given moment.
Which type of movement do you see here?
Which type of movement do you see here?
Which type of movement do you see here?
We were on our way home when it started to snow.
We weren’t wandering aimlessly, we were walking in the direction of home.
Verbs that describe motion in more than one direction are called
Verbs that describe motion in one general direction are called