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Müjdat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Be going to go to???
Hi, everybody.
In what situations can we use "Be going to go.." pattern?
In Martin Hewings and Michael Swan's books, they say we should avoid avoid going to + go and use the present continuous form of go instead.
For example:
• I'm going to town on Saturday, (rather than I'm going to go to town...)
• Alice is going to university next year, (rather than ...is going to go to university...)
I beg your crucial explanations.
Thanks in advance.
In what situations can we use "Be going to go.." pattern?
In Martin Hewings and Michael Swan's books, they say we should avoid avoid going to + go and use the present continuous form of go instead.
For example:
• I'm going to town on Saturday, (rather than I'm going to go to town...)
• Alice is going to university next year, (rather than ...is going to go to university...)
I beg your crucial explanations.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
This is a commentary on style, not grammar. There is nothing wrong with the grammar of going to go . It's just that it sounds repetitious, and the to go in going to go can be omitted to make it sound nicer.
- This is a commentary on style, not grammar.
- There is nothing wrong with the grammar of going to go .
- It's just that it sounds repetitious, and the to go in going to go can be omitted to make it sound nicer.
- The present continuous is going has a future time meaning anyway, so the additional use of the idiom going to to indicate the future is really unnecessary.
- going to is also often dropped with other verbs of motion.
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This is a commentary on style, not grammar.
There is nothing wrong with the grammar of going to go. It's just that it sounds repetitious, and the to go in going to go can be omitted to make it sound nicer. The present continuous is going has a future time meaning anyway, so the additional use of the idiom going to to indicate the future is really un
There is nothing wrong with the grammar of going to go. It's just that it sounds repetitious, and the to go in going to go can be omitted to make it sound nicer. The present continuous is going has a future time meaning anyway, so the additional use of the idiom going to to indicate the future is really un
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You should listen to Swan and avoid such repetitions in order to express a future.
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Hi everyone,
I believe "to be going to go" is ok, I actually think it's used quite a lot in speech, probably as "gonna go" or "Immuna go" (when it's "I'm going to go"). I even heard constructions as complex as "I'm going to have to ask you to leave, sir" (actually "Immuna have to ask you to leave").
I believe "to be going to go" is ok, I actually think it's used quite a lot in speech, probably as "gonna go" or "Immuna go" (when it's "I'm going to go"). I even heard constructions as complex as "I'm going to have to ask you to leave, sir" (actually "Immuna have to ask you to leave").
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But Kooyeen, you missed the question in discussion which is "be going to go..."
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave, sir" is a different construction all together from “I am going to go to…”. Of course the former sounds more fluent than the latter.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave, sir" is a different construction all together from “I am going to go to…”. Of course the former sounds more fluent than the latter.
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