The future tense using “will/shall” vs “going to”
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Is “gonna have to” an Americanism?
First of all, I have read the answers about "gonna have to" usage, and they are quite clear:
I am gonna have to vs I have to
and
why-prefix-a-request-with-im-going-to-have-to-ask-you
The ...
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Difference between future and present cont. in “going” [duplicate]
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How do the tenses in English correspond temporally to one another?
Differences between ways to express future actions
Does the below sentence indicate future tense or ...
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question about the future tense
In a sentence like
How do you get to the train station?
What would be an appropriate answer (tense wise)? Could you say both of these two:
I’ll drive you.
I’m going to drive you.
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When is “will” used in an “if” clause?
Given the following sentences that use will in the if clause (which is seldom with if-clauses and therefore, I'm not sure they all are even grammatical or not).
If you will/would kindly lend me ...
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“going to” vs “will”
I know several questions were asked about the difference between "going to" and "will".
Based on several answers (see, for instance, here, here and here), I understood that "will" is more spontaneous ...
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Importance and relevance (and accuracy) of the distinctions of the two forms of the future simple tense [duplicate]
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What are the guidelines for usage of “will” and “is/are going to”?
I am an ESL teacher in Thailand at a business college. I have been plagued ...
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“I am going to have to”, “I have to”, and “I will have to”
What is the difference between these two:
I am going to have to see you sometime.
I have to see you sometime.
When would you use the first one?
On that note, how is . . .
I will have to see ...
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“Going to go” vs “going to”
1) I am going to go watch a game.
2) I am going to a game.
3) I am going to golf.
4) I am going to go golfing.
What are the differences and similarities between and among sentences ...
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What's the difference between “he's going to start walking” and “he's going to walk”? [closed]
What's the difference between "he's going to start walking" and "he's going to walk"? Are there any shades of meaning here?
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“Will” vs. “going to” vs. Present Continious [duplicate]
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“The train will leave” vs. “is going to leave” vs. “leaves” vs. “is leaving”
Here are three sentences:
David is going ...
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“rain was coming till tomorrow”
I am asking this question on behalf of a friend of mine. Do tell me, can and when or why can we use past form when we predict something in the future. I agree the phrase is not full. Anyway, the ...
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The real tense of “I'm going to be talking about”
I just listened to a video in which the speaker said "I'm going to be talking about....". Can we change that to "I'm going to talk about..."?
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“Will graduate” vs. “will be graduated” vs. “is going to graduate”
Which of the following sentences are correct?
He will graduate in May.
He will be graduated in May.
He is going to graduate in May.
Issue 1: Is the second one grammatical?
Issue 2: ...
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“… is about to …” vs. “… is going to …”
I found that is about to is used in the following sentence of the news article titled “Tech belt sees hiring surge” in The Boston Globe.
“The company is about to go on a hiring spree, from ...
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“will you be going home” vs. “will you go home”
What's the difference between saying;
Will you be going home this summer?
Will you go home this summer?
Are there any differences between these in written or spoken English?
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“I was going to be called Kate if I was a girl”
This is an excerpt from a grammar book by Longman. It was discussing tense and time distinctions and the excerpt is about future time.
As you can see in the next example, the reference can be to a ...
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“Will” and “Going To”. What are the real differences of the colloquial usage of them?
I'm from Brasil and here we study the differences of using "Will" and "Going to" to talk about the future. But it is usually very confusing because we have a different kind of conjugation that uses no ...
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Meaning of sentence with 'would'
The sentence is:
What would the people eat?
Can it mean "What are the people going to eat?" in future Or, "What were the people going to eat?" talking about future from past Or, both?
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“I am going to bed” vs. “I will be going to bed”
What is the difference between saying the following?
I am going to bed in a few minutes.
I will be going to bed in a few minutes.
Or
I will be getting off here. Or, I guess, I will be ...
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Will be going to get engaged
Is it okay to say:
He will be going to get engaged to his ex-girl friend.
Is there a better of saying this?
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Shorter version of “is going to be”
I've just read question: Alternative to "is going to be"
I got similar problem, but in my case I need to describe something that might happen in the future.
The sentence is "Project ...
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“The train will leave” vs. “is going to leave” vs. “leaves” vs. “is leaving”
From the grammatical point of view all are correct, just the meaning are different, please bring your clarification, thank you.
The Train will leave at 10:00 tomorrow morning.
The Train is ...
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Alternative to “is going to be”
I want to find a synonym to "is going to be" in a sentence like: "X is going to be outdated after Y joins X".
I could have chosen "will be", but I want something more incisive, and less "in the ...
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Present Continuous or Present Simple in a Meeting
Which one of the following should be used if I am asking about an event or a meeting:
Are we meeting today?
Do we have a meeting today?
Are we going to have a meeting today?
Are we going ...
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Is it appropriate to omit “will not be”?
Often, someone will say:
I'm not living in a senior's home!
When the intended meaning is:
I will not be living in a senior's home!
Is this acceptable?
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“Is someone covering/going to cover this event?”
Which one of the following is better or more correct?
Is someone covering this event?
Is someone going to cover this event?
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Is “am going” a verb phrase?
What part of a sentence is the phrase "am going", as in "I am going to pray"?
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“I am gonna have to” vs. “I have to”
What is the difference between "I am gonna have to" and "I have to"?
When would you use the first one?
update: I am specifically asking about situations like the one described here.
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Does this ‘be going to’ have an emotional meaning?
Here is a skit from a radio English conversation program, dealing with American English.
A: guest B: front desk clerk C: A's wife
(at the front desk of a hotel)
A: I have a reservation ...
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“You were already having been going to do that!”
From one of the Futurama episodes:
Farnsworth A: You people and your
slight differences disgust me. I'm
going home. Where's that blue box with
our universe in it?
Farnsworth 1: Oh,
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About the use of future tense
Which is better:
"I am not having lunch tomorrow unless I am really hungry."
"I am not having lunch tomorrow unless I will be really hungry."
Something else
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“Going to go” vs “going to”?
My significant other tells me that I'm not "going to go" to the shops, I'm "going to" the shops, and beats me mercilessly when I say that.
Is this not correct? I might not be going to the shops until ...
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What are the guidelines for usage of “will” and “is/are going to”?
I use them interchangeably, however I'd like to know when one is better or more appropriate than the other.
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“I was going to” expression. How to use it correctly?
I was going to pick you tomorrow from the airport (not a big deal to me,
really), but remembered that tomorrow I'll be teaching the class, which ends at
8.
in above example, I am trying to ...
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Make “will have been going to go” correct
Is there a situation or question where the phrase will have been going to go is the best, most natural, or clearest response (or included in said response)?
I'm asking this probably somewhat silly ...
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When do I have to use 'will' instead of 'going to'?
Does going to only express an intention and will some kind of prediction that doesn't necessarily happen?
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Thanks for all your answers. I asked this question because I always fail to complete ...
