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Asterix Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
going to future
Dear teachers,
the going-to-future can be used to talk about intentions.
But it can also be used if there are clear signs that indicate that sth is going to happen. So my question is whether I can replace "won't be able to" in the following sentence by "going to":
It'a busy day for Jane. She works at an Apple store and sth new will be offered today. They expect hundreds of customers but Jane certainly won't be able to serve all their customers because a lot of her collegues are ill.
Are the absent collegues such a sign as mentioned above?
Thanks in advance
the going-to-future can be used to talk about intentions.
But it can also be used if there are clear signs that indicate that sth is going to happen. So my question is whether I can replace "won't be able to" in the following sentence by "going to":
It'a busy day for Jane. She works at an Apple store and sth new will be offered today. They expect hundreds of customers but Jane certainly won't be able to serve all their customers because a lot of her collegues are ill.
Are the absent collegues such a sign as mentioned above?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
" in this context is incorrect. ". Asterix the going-to-future can be used to talk about intentions.
- " in this context is incorrect.
- ".
- Asterix the going-to-future can be used to talk about intentions.
- Yes, "I am going to wash my car tomorrow" - This is my intention
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AsterixSo my question is whether I can replace "won't be able to" in the following sentence by "going to":No, " won't be going to ..." in this context is incorrect. You can say " she won't be able to ...".
Asterixthe going-to-future can be used to talk about intentions.Yes, "I am going to wash my car tomorrow" - This is m
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AsterixAre the absent colleagues such a sign as mentioned above?I'd say 'yes' to that, provided that you adjust the grammar properly as shown below.
Following your plan as you state it gives "Jane certainly going to serve ...", which is ungrammatical.
She certainly won't be able to serve ...
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This works:
They expect hundreds of customers but Jane certainly isn't going to be able to serve all their customers because a lot of her colleagues are ill.
They expect hundreds of customers but Jane certainly isn't going to be able to serve all their customers because a lot of her colleagues are ill.
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CalifJimI'd say 'yes' to that, provided that you adjust the grammar properly as shown below.Following your plan as you state it gives "Jane certainly going to serve ...", which is ungrammatical.She certainly won't be able to serve ...She certainly isn't going to be able to serve ...I took the question as written "replace "won't be able to" in the following se
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AnonymousI took the question as written "replace "won't be able to" in the following sentence by "going to":That would make the sentence: She won't be going to serve ...."How do you figure that? "won't" can't appear in the second sentence if it has been replaced.
Before replacem
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Dear teachers, so sorry that I've caused so much confusion with my "going to"-question!
You were right and I was a littl
You were right and I was a littl
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