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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

English Grammer (clause)

Hello,

I am confused with the usage of "is to be" and "will be"

what is the difference?
how to use them?

is it appropriate to say?
"... is to be developed..." and ".. will be developed...."
does there is any difference in there intepretation?

Thanks and Regards
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"is to be" often has the sense that there is a human plan, or intention, that something will happen. In some contexts this is fairly obvious anyway, even with "will be", so there isn't a huge difference in meaning. " To me, the latter just sounds slightly more "impersonal", distancing us slightly from the people who will do the development.

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  • "is to be" often has the sense that there is a human plan, or intention, that something will happen.
  • In some contexts this is fairly obvious anyway, even with "will be", so there isn't a huge difference in meaning.
  • " To me, the latter just sounds slightly more "impersonal", distancing us slightly from the people who will do the development.
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"is to be" often has the sense that there is a human plan, or intention, that something will happen. In some contexts this is fairly obvious anyway, even with "will be", so there isn't a huge difference in meaning. For example, the following are pretty similar:

"A new shopping centre is to be developed."

"A new shopping centre will be developed."

To me, the latter just
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Anonymous"... is to be developed..." and ".. will be developed.."
does Is there is any difference in there their intepretation?
Yes, there is a difference, but not a big one.

When I hear that something "is to be developed", I can thi
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