Am I singing in the rain?
I know that if we want to say that something is going to happen based on the present circumstances, we use "be going to";
It is going to rain, take you umbrella, Mike.
But what if we talk about the events that we think won`t happen based on the present circumstances? Do we use the future tense or the phrase "not going to"?
Mike, you do not need an umbrella, it is not going to rain/won`t rain.
Top answer
Voytaszek It is going to rain, take your umbrella, Mike. That's fine. Voytaszek Mike, you do not need an umbrella, it is not going to rain/won`t rain.
- Voytaszek It is going to rain, take your umbrella, Mike.
- That's fine.
- Voytaszek Mike, you do not need an umbrella, it is not going to rain/won`t rain.
- This is fine too - in both versions.
- ' as it is about what will happen in the future, based on what is currently believed to not be going to happen in the future.
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VoytaszekIt is going to rain, take your umbrella, Mike.
That's fine.
VoytaszekMike, you do not need an umbrella, it is not going to rain/won`t rain.
This is fine too - in both versions. You could also use 'won't / will not need an umbrella...' as it is about what will happen in the future, based on what is current
0VoytaszekMike, you don't need an umbrella. It's not going to rain/won`t rain.
You need two sentences there.
"won't rain" sounds more confident and certain than "not going to rain", but both are fine.
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