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Momento Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

be going

0I don't understand why "be going" is used in these sentences below. 02br
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00Please teach me about the usage of "be going".02br
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00ex: " I ought to / must 01u00be going02u00 now."02br
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00 "Let's 01u00be going02u00."02br
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00 "We'd better 01u00be going02u00."02br
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00 " Will you 01u00be going02u00 somewhere?"0-
  

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" 02br 00This use of continuous (be going) is showing perhaps more implication and immediacy in informal talk. 0-

  • " 02br 00This use of continuous (be going) is showing perhaps more implication and immediacy in informal talk.
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0All work with just "go." 02br
00This use of continuous (be going) is showing perhaps more implication and immediacy in informal talk. 0-
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01cite10momento12cite10 I ought to / must 11u10be going12u10 now."12br
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10 "Let's 11u10be going12u10."12br
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10 "We'd better 11u10be going12u10."12br
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10 In these sent
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0Thank you very much for your answer. I understand it. 050010id1
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0Thank you so much to explain the use of "be going" . 02br
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00May I ask you about the second example sentence to make sure my understanding ?02br
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01font00" Will you 01u00be going02u00 somewhere?"02font02br
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0>00Does this question include the speaker's wish to visit Perugia instead of the questioner if the lister have chance to go?02br
00I don't see that. 02br
00>00difference between "Will you be going to ...? " and "Are you going to ...?02br
00The first is plain future, the 2nd is asking if there's some planning about it. 0-
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0Thank you very much again for giving me the answer. 0-

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