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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Future tense for repeated actions

0 Which future tense do we use for actions that will happen many times in the future ?02br
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00Is it correct ?02br
00I will arrive in Scotland many times for the next month02br
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00I will be arriving in Scotland...02br
00or what ?02br
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0I will have done it twice till you finish ,I will have seen him third times before comning back here. I hope I got your point. 0-

  • 0I will have done it twice till you finish ,I will have seen him third times before comning back here.
  • I hope I got your point.
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0I will have done it twice till you finish ,I will have seen him third times before comning back here. 02br
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00I just could give such examples.I hope I got your point. 0-
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0 The number of times an action is to occur is not really useful information for choosing between the simple and progressive forms of the future. Either one can refer to a single or to multiple occurrences.02br
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00 I'll work tomorrow. I'll work every day this week.02br
00 I'll be working tomorrow. I'll be working every day this week.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Which future tense do we use for actions that will happen many times in the future ?12br
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10I will arrive in Scotland many times for the next month -11font10 the context of this sentence is unclear. 12br
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0 Yes, but is there a difference between02br
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00I will be visiting Scotland several times in the next few months. 02br
00I will visit Scotland several times in the next few months. 0-
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0 First one seems more planned than the second one. 0-
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01) I will be visiting Scotland several times in the next few months. 02br
00I will visit Scotland several times in the next few months. 02br
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00They are interchangeable in some contexts but generally I think of 1) as your informing someone else of your intention to visit Scotland and 2) could be the same meaning or also could just be your internal thoughts/de

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