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Hi, I'm Phil, and I'm going to tell you the difference between "go on doing" and "go on to do something". Now the meaning of go on depends on whether it's followed by the gerund or the infinitive.
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So if we have go on doing that's the gerund, it means to continue doing something.
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So, for example, I would like to go on talking now or I really like this city.
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I'd like to go on living in years, go on.
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To do that's the infinitive means to progress onto something.
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For example, I'd like to go on to study more languages, or you could go on to have an even better job.
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Just remember that if you go on doing something, you don't change.
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And if you go on to do something, you do change.
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So if you go on practising your English, you'll go on to be even better than you are now.
