[Grammar] go through/go over

[GUEST2008]

Let's go through this exercise once again.
Let's go over this exercise once again.

--- Which phrasal verb sounds better here?

 

[bhaisahab]

They are both fine.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes, they both sound perfect. The meanings are slightly different. To go over something is to review it. To go through something usually is to experience it.

So you might go over an exercise by talking about it. To go through it again usually means to actually do it again.

 

[bhaisahab]

I don't agree. I think that, while "go through" can mean doing it again, it often means exactly the same as "go over".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I don't agree. I think that, while "go through" can mean doing it again, it often means exactly the same as "go over".

You could be right. Now excuse me while I go over my notes and go through withdrawal....