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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Future Tense Question
What is the difference between:
1. I will start my new job on Monday.
2. I shall start my new job on Monday.
3. I start my new job on Monday.
4. I am starting my new job on Monday.
5. I am going to start my new job on Monday.
Are they all grammatically correct? When do we know when to use simple future (will/shall), simple present, present continuous, and the be going to form to talk about future events?
Thanks for helping me out. I am really confused about them. It seemed that they are all acceptable, but in some ways, they are not.
1. I will start my new job on Monday.
2. I shall start my new job on Monday.
3. I start my new job on Monday.
4. I am starting my new job on Monday.
5. I am going to start my new job on Monday.
Are they all grammatically correct? When do we know when to use simple future (will/shall), simple present, present continuous, and the be going to form to talk about future events?
Thanks for helping me out. I am really confused about them. It seemed that they are all acceptable, but in some ways, they are not.
Top answer
Hi Guest, All indeed acceptable, and dependent on the nuance you wish to communicate. This is a question I really should leave to California Jim, but I will get a start on it by presenting some loosely-quoted extracts from the viewpoints of Michael Lewis: 1. ' This form uses a modal: this sentence expresses the speaker's judgment of the probability of the future event based on the situation at the moment of speaking (as opposed to 'may/might/could/should/'etc).
- Hi Guest, All indeed acceptable, and dependent on the nuance you wish to communicate.
- This is a question I really should leave to California Jim, but I will get a start on it by presenting some loosely-quoted extracts from the viewpoints of Michael Lewis: 1.
- ' This form uses a modal: this sentence expresses the speaker's judgment of the probability of the future event based on the situation at the moment of speaking (as opposed to 'may/might/could/should/'etc).
- 2.
- ' This also uses a modal: According to the speaker's perception of the situation at the moment of speaking, it is inevitable-- if he has anything to do with it-- that the event will occur.
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Hi Guest,
All indeed acceptable, and dependent on the nuance you wish to communicate. This is a question I really should leave to California Jim, but I will get a start on it by presenting some loosely-quoted extracts from the viewpoints of Michael Lewis:
1. 'I will start my new job on Monday.' This form uses a modal: this sentence expresses the speaker's judgment of th
All indeed acceptable, and dependent on the nuance you wish to communicate. This is a question I really should leave to California Jim, but I will get a start on it by presenting some loosely-quoted extracts from the viewpoints of Michael Lewis:
1. 'I will start my new job on Monday.' This form uses a modal: this sentence expresses the speaker's judgment of th
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