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So far I've heard people saying 'it goes to show how much' as a way to use the extent of something to describe another. But then I've also come across 'it goes to how much' and I wonder if there are any differences between them.

For example:

  • My dad used to scold me a lot but it goes to show how much he cared about me.

  • My dad used to scold me a lot but it goes to how much he cared about me.

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    Please add sources, linked and attributed. ELU looks at established, attested usages; anecdotal evidence may be to mistaken usages (or may be inaccurate).
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Mar 23, 2020 at 19:07
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    I agree with @EdwinAshworth. Your second example looks like a mistake to me, but one thing I've learned on this site is that a lot of (what I call) mistakes are quite normal in some versions of the English language.
    – Andreas Blass
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 3:48
  • Oh, is that so? I'll try to remember that when I encounter something like this again. As for the sources, unfortunately I couldn't seem to find it again.
    – Matt Ciriazo
    Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 12:43
  • I've heard it goes to in American courtroom dramas, only: "Objection, Your Honor. Relevance?" "It goes to credibility!" In other words, it aims at, it addresses.
    – Yosef Baskin
    Commented Mar 31, 2020 at 15:45

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