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Forego vs. Forgo
Forego
/fɔːˈɡəʊ/Examples:
She decided to forego dessert to stay on her diet.Students may forego attending in-person classes this week.The team chose to forego a lengthy meeting and send an email instead.
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Forgo
/fɔːˈɡəʊ/Examples:
She had to forgo chocolate during her diet.He chose to forgo the company car to reduce costs.They decided to forgo their annual holiday trip.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Forego has an e which stands for before indicating precedence in time or place.
- Forgo has no e and means to abstain or refrain from something.
- If you forego something, it means it occurs previously as in an introduction.
- To forgo something means you're doing without it.
- Remember, Forego like before, Forgo like no-go.
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