Don't Go Breaking My Heart is one of the most underrated British comedy ever made. However, this is the only link I can find of the film
A terrific underrated UK comedy drama
Re: A terrific underrated UK comedy drama
Maybe this is the same story offered on the Hallmark Channel? It has the same title, just not British-
![Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart_%281999%29_Film_Poster.jpg)
Why not "Don't break my heart?" Why use "go"? Break is already a verb.
The syntax of that sentence always reminds me of the clunky two verb phrase heard in old movies, "Let's not talk about that now" instead of the more direct "Don't talk about that"
![Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Don%27t_Go_Breaking_My_Heart_%281999%29_Film_Poster.jpg)
Why not "Don't break my heart?" Why use "go"? Break is already a verb.
The syntax of that sentence always reminds me of the clunky two verb phrase heard in old movies, "Let's not talk about that now" instead of the more direct "Don't talk about that"
Re: A terrific underrated UK comedy drama
There's some confusion here. That poster is from the British film (1999)TikiSoo wrote: ↑March 30th, 2023, 5:39 am Maybe this is the same story offered on the Hallmark Channel? It has the same title, just not British-
Why not "Don't break my heart?" Why use "go"? Break is already a verb.
The syntax of that sentence always reminds me of the clunky two verb phrase heard in old movies, "Let's not talk about that now" instead of the more direct "Don't talk about that"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_G ... 1999_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120876/
The Hallmark TV movie from 2021:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14039046/
They have different plots, per the descriptions, but I haven't seen either one.
Of course, there's the 1970s song by the same title too...