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PhillipK Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Future tenses
0 01 b 00 Julie is going to be 16 next week. / 02 b 00 Julie will be 16 next week. 02 br
02 br 00 > I think both are possible. But is there a difference in meaning? 02 br
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00 When does it start? 17:00 but my car has broken down. 01 b 00 I will have it repaired sometime next week./ I am going to have it repaired sometime next week. 02 b 02 br
00 > What do you think is correct? I think both again. The meaning is different,though. In the first sentence she/he has the car at a service department and is waiting, while in the second sentence she's planing on having it repaired. 02 br
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00 What do you think? Thank you! 02 br
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02 br 00 > I think both are possible. But is there a difference in meaning? 02 br
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01 i 00 _______________________________________________________ 02 i 02 br
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00 When does it start? 17:00 but my car has broken down. 01 b 00 I will have it repaired sometime next week./ I am going to have it repaired sometime next week. 02 b 02 br
00 > What do you think is correct? I think both again. The meaning is different,though. In the first sentence she/he has the car at a service department and is waiting, while in the second sentence she's planing on having it repaired. 02 br
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00 What do you think? Thank you! 02 br
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0 Hello PhillipK 02 br 00 Welcome! Does the K stand for "King"? All your sentences are correct.
- 0 Hello PhillipK 02 br 00 Welcome!
- Does the K stand for "King"?
- All your sentences are correct.
- I can detect no actual difference in meaning between the last two.
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0 Hello PhillipK 02 br
00 Welcome! Does the K stand for "King"? All your sentences are correct. I can detect no actual difference in meaning between the last two. Or the first two either, for that matter. 02 br
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00 Welcome! Does the K stand for "King"? All your sentences are correct. I can detect no actual difference in meaning between the last two. Or the first two either, for that matter. 02 br
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0 Both are possible in both cases. 02 br
00 Starting with the last one, 01 i 00 I'll have it repaired 02 i 00 reports a decision -- likely an on-the-spot decision; 01 i 00 I'm going to have it repaired 02 i 00 reports a plan. So I think you've got the basic idea on that one. 02 br
00 In the first case, no decision or plan is involved (obviousl
00 Starting with the last one, 01 i 00 I'll have it repaired 02 i 00 reports a decision -- likely an on-the-spot decision; 01 i 00 I'm going to have it repaired 02 i 00 reports a plan. So I think you've got the basic idea on that one. 02 br
00 In the first case, no decision or plan is involved (obviousl
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0 1. Julie is going to be 16 next week. 02 br
00 2. Julie will be 16 next week. 02 br
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00 For some reason, to me, #1 has a 01 i 00 slightly more excited 02 i 00 air than #2. Thus (e.g.) I would expect to see #1 in a magazine with a readership of teenage girls, in a not very serious article; while #2 might turn up in a serious newspaper's item on tee
00 2. Julie will be 16 next week. 02 br
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00 For some reason, to me, #1 has a 01 i 00 slightly more excited 02 i 00 air than #2. Thus (e.g.) I would expect to see #1 in a magazine with a readership of teenage girls, in a not very serious article; while #2 might turn up in a serious newspaper's item on tee
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0 Thanks CB. Well the answer is yes and no. It was not intended as PhilipKing but my last name is König (=king in German - although I am not one and I don't even speak German I suppose I have/had relatives of German origin) so I don't want it to sound like I think of me as a king:)) 02 br
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