I want to ask about the curious phenomenon that is a part of the accusative case. Following the idea that animate items in the plural should look to the genitive, i made my sentence as follows:


Она идёт в гостей.

But then i learned that the correct form of this sentence makes it look like "гости" isnt animate all.

Она идёт в гости (she goes on a visit- correct usage)

Could anyone shed some light on this?

And could anyone give some other examples and explain when to use the inanimate accusative plural ending, even when to follow the standard rules is should look like the genitive plural?