"go on a picnic" or "go for a picnic"?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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HI everyone,

I’m confused between using “go on a picnic” and “go for a picnic”. Are they difference or the same?

Many thanks,

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Same meaning. I choose ‘on’.
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Hi Ann,

‘On a picnic’ describes the actual experience of actually taking a picnic in the same way as ‘on a holiday’ describes the actual holidaying. '‘For a picnic’ describes the purpose of going out and the same applies to ‘for a holiday’.

Alan

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Would you say that most people have that distinction in mind when they speak?