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A) The telephone is ringing. I'll go and answer it.

"And" is often omitted by native speakers, so your impression was right there.

B) I feel like going dancing tonight.

Sounds nice and natural to me, since we refer to this activity as "dancing". I can see how you might be worried about having two "-ing" verbs adjacent, but it's honestly a perfect construction. Your version: "I feel like going to dance", is also perfectly valid, but I just feel that "going dancing" sounds more natural.

EDIT: (See @Tristan's comment)

The British are unlikely to omit "and", as in "and answer the phone". The Americans are more likely to omit it.

A) The telephone is ringing. I'll go and answer it.

"And" is often omitted by native speakers, so your impression was right there.

B) I feel like going dancing tonight.

Sounds nice and natural to me, since we refer to this activity as "dancing". I can see how you might be worried about having two "-ing" verbs adjacent, but it's honestly a perfect construction. Your version: "I feel like going to dance", is also perfectly valid, but I just feel that "going dancing" sounds more natural.

A) The telephone is ringing. I'll go and answer it.

"And" is often omitted by native speakers, so your impression was right there.

B) I feel like going dancing tonight.

Sounds nice and natural to me, since we refer to this activity as "dancing". I can see how you might be worried about having two "-ing" verbs adjacent, but it's honestly a perfect construction. Your version: "I feel like going to dance", is also perfectly valid, but I just feel that "going dancing" sounds more natural.

EDIT: (See @Tristan's comment)

The British are unlikely to omit "and", as in "and answer the phone". The Americans are more likely to omit it.

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A) The telephone is ringing. I'll go and answer it.

"And" is often omitted by native speakers, so your impression was right there.

B) I feel like going dancing tonight.

Sounds nice and natural to me, since we refer to this activity as "dancing". I can see how you might be worried about having two "-ing" verbs adjacent, but it's honestly a perfect construction. Your version: "I feel like going to dance", is also perfectly valid, but I just feel that "going dancing" sounds more natural.