What do you say to go/going to the movies tonight?

quirrell

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"What do you say to going to the movies tonight?"

or

"What do you say to go to the movies tonight?"

Which is correct? or Are the both sentences good?
 
1. "What do you say to going to the movies tonight?"
or
2. "What do you say to go to the movies tonight?"

Which is correct no question mark here or are the both the sentences good correct?
Note my corrections above.

Did you write those sentences yourself or did you find this exercise somewhere?
 
Note my corrections above.

Did you write those sentences yourself or did you find this exercise somewhere?
I wrote them myself. I just want to know whether the above two are correct or not.
 
I wrote them myself. I just want to know whether they above two are correct or not.
Only the version with -ing is correct.

If you don't want to use the -ing form, say "What do you say we go to the movies tonight?"
 
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Now where have I seen the name 'quirrell' before?
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Oh, now I remember — two members of our local Wild Life Protection Society are called Tony Owlet and Grace Quirrel.
 

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