Reading the book on which I'm learning English, I've come across a weird (for me) omitting the "to" in sentence: "I'd better go meet with him then."
Say, if it were "I'd better go to meet with him then.", would there be any difference between the two sentences? When I should prefer using one instead the other?
P.S. Sorry for my bad English. If I made a mistake somewhere, please correct me.
Best Answer
All I can say is that it's very common in everyday, colloquial English to drop that to when a verb follows these two very specific verbs: to go and to come. For example:
I can't explain why this happens, but you will see native English speakers say that all the time. No one is ever going to say I'm gonna go to find something to eat. That just doesn't sound as smooth. Though, while possible, you're less likely to hear I hope you'll come to see me than I hope you'll come see me. I would recommend that you pay particular attention to how people say things when next time you hear somebody use the verbs to go or to come in their sentence.