“Go ahead” vs. ‘Go ahead’. “Carry on” in AE usage.
Back when I was a student, I can recall my nonnative English teachers — after discussing a certain word, phrase, or passage from a text with the class — saying for me or some other guy to please “carry on” (with the reading).
What I wish you could tell is if “to carry on” has any currency in AE usage in the sense of “to proceed with something after a stop”? Or is this usage typically BE, and an American somehow would be more likely to say instead something like “you may (or can) go ahead “, “you can go on “, or “you can proceed ” with a certain task?
What are some of the general usages of “carry on” in the USA?
Is there any dictionary on the internet that will help me with finding the words “carry+on”? What
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In American English, (well, American Northeast English, anyway), “carry on” has a slightly formal flavor; it’d be a bit more natural in a military setting (“Very good. Carry on, soldier. I will try jokingly invoke that kind of authoritative tone in a conversation. “Go ahead” is more common as an informal permission/suggestion to proceed, “go on”, would more often be a request to continue (“please go on, what happened next? This
is subtle enough shadings of meaning that intonation could easily shift their relative positions.
In American English, (well, American Northeast English, anyway), “carry on” has a slightly formal flavor; it’d be a bit more natural in a military setting (“Very good. Carry on, soldier. I will try jokingly invoke that kind of authoritative tone in a conversation. “Go ahead” is more common as an informal permission/suggestion to proceed, “go on”, would more often be a request to continue (“please go on, what happened next? This
is subtle enough shadings of meaning that intonation could easily shift their relative positions.
