Are To Be/Will Be

Both are fine.

Think of it this way: going to be = will be

Here, 'are to be' is a shortened form of 'are going to be'.

PhilipBoth are fine.

Here, 'are to be' is a shortened form of 'are going to be'.


Isn't there a slight difference in meaning between these two?

I want to know how you are to be kept out of danger. --- how it is to be done, how it can be done, what must be done to make it so. The method is not known yet.

I want to know ho

ferdisIsn't there a slight difference in meaning between these two?

I would say so.

I agree in general with your analysis. To my ear, the first implies a search for a way to do something. The second only asks what way is going to be used.

CJ

good question!!!

be brave and look at the danger in the eye and pray....... and trust ur luck

but what reall

hamodehbe brave and look at the danger in the eye and pray

hamodeh,

The questions on this site regard the grammar, not the content, of the sentences.

The question was about the difference in the English language between are to be and will.
The question was not how to keep out of danger. A sentence about danger was used simp