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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

be going to & will

What's the difference between 'will' and 'be going to'?
For example:
My daughter (study) medicine when she grows up.

The answer is 'is going to study'. Could you tell me why?
  

Top answer

rpsh Could you tell me why? No. Without more context, 'will' is correct English.

— Fivejedjon

  • rpsh Could you tell me why?
  • No.
  • Without more context, 'will' is correct English.
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rpsh Could you tell me why?
No. Without more context, 'will' is correct English.
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OK.
Could you tell me the difference between 'will' and 'be going to'?
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Generally speaking. will is used to express the speaker's certainty, or the speaker's volition. Be going to implies that the speaker has present evidence.

However, it is very difficult to predict how individual speakers will view a future situation. In some contexts any one of five ways of expressing the future may be possible. I intensely dislike gap-fill exercises which
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It's said that 'be going to' implies something is going to happen at once, while 'will' implies that something will happen in the future which is further. Right?
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rpshIt's said that 'be going to' implies something is going to happen at once, while 'will' implies that something will happen in the future which is further. Right?
No! Here are some counterexamples that disprove that theory.

— I'm going to take a long vacation when I win the lotto. (My winning may never happen.)
— Hang on a second!
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Got it! It seems that I should ask such grammar question on this website henceforward... Thank you so much!
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