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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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going to/ verb+ing

0What's the difference between "going to" and a modal + verb+ing. For example,02br
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00"I am going to leave" and "I am leaving"02br
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00"I am meeting them tonight" and I'm going to meet them tonight"02br
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00"She is throwing a party tomorrow" and "She is going to throw a party tomorrow"02br
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0With the ones that contain a future marker (tonight, tomorrow, etc.) there really is no difference that I can see.02br
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00With the simple "I am leaving" it could be that you are in the act of leaving 01i00right then02i00 whereas "I'm going to leave" means that it's still in the future.0-
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0In your examples, there is little difference in meaning. The present continuous is used to talk about formal/fixed future plans and the 'be going to' future refers to future intentions. However, the 'be going to' future is also used in other ways. Let's look at a different example:02br
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00Imagine that I am tutoring Dennis in English for his English test tomorrow. Whi
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0 Thank you Amy for the elaborate explanation. I'll keep that in mind. 0-
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Thank you! I found your explanation to be very helpful.
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