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Hotmale Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Future Continuous

Hello,

can you please tell me whether in this example, Future Continuous is also possible?

A: Why are you taking the guitar?
B: I am going to play in the garden/ I will be playing in the garden.

Thank you.
  

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To make a more realistic conversational example, it's better to use contractions: A: Why are you taking the guitar? B: I'm going to play in the garden / I'll be playing in the garden. " is not a very feasible answer to that question in the case that B has made an ad hoc decision.

— GPY

  • To make a more realistic conversational example, it's better to use contractions: A: Why are you taking the guitar?
  • B: I'm going to play in the garden / I'll be playing in the garden.
  • " is not a very feasible answer to that question in the case that B has made an ad hoc decision.
  • It's not impossible in the case of a prearranged performance.
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To make a more realistic conversational example, it's better to use contractions:

A: Why are you taking the guitar?
B: I'm going to play in the garden / I'll be playing in the garden.

"I'll be playing ..." is not a very feasible answer to that question in the case that B has made an ad hoc decision. It's not impossible in the case of a prearranged performance.
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Thank you, GPY. I was not thinking about an ad hoc decision, but about a fact that B will be involved in playing for some time in the future. Since I don't know B's intention, I thought that Future Continuous could be possible?
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HotmaleThank you, GPY. I was not thinking about an ad hoc decision, but about a fact that B will be involved in playing for some time in the future. Since I don't know B's intention, I thought that Future Continuous could be possible?
If A already understands that B has arranged to play somewhere, but does not know that this will happen in the garden, then bot
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