I'm writing a "how I make a salad" list for school and I want to say:
"First I go buy the ingredients…."
but I don't know if I should write;
"First I go to buy the ingredients….."
Notice the difference between them as the preposition "to" is written before "buy" on the latter. Well I have my doubts because normally I would say "I go buy" not "I go to buy" as in "I've gotta go buy something" but I have to be formal and grammatical since it's for school not for a friend so I need your advice on this.
Best Answer
The first is not grammatically correct; "go [verb]" is short for "go to [verb]" or "go and [verb]." The second, while there's a typo (which is obviously accidental since you spelled it right the first time), is grammatically correct. However, I would not recommend it for several reasons:
Ultimately, you may want to ask your teacher as the best way to do this depends upon what your teacher wants.