Goes

Goes is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb go in Modern English. It is used with he, she, it, or any singular noun to express movement, travel, or a change of state in the present. Examples include “He goes to work by bus” and “It goes without saying that safety comes first.”

Origin and history: The verb go comes from Old English gan, with the modern third-person singular ending -es forming through the evolution of English inflection. In Early Modern English, third-person present forms often ended in -eth or -es, and by the modern period the spelling goes stabilized. The pronunciation varies by dialect: /ˈɡəʊz/ (British English) and /ˈɡoʊz/ (American English).

Related forms and usage: The base form is go; the present tense forms are go and goes (with I/you/we/they go, and he/she/it goes). The past tense is went and the past participle is gone. Go is an irregular verb with many idiomatic expressions, such as “goes without saying,” “how it goes,” and the construction “going to” to indicate a planned future.