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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Help!

(The context is I am talking to a very respected woman.)

Me: When would you be heading for California, Ma’am?

The woman: I will be heading next Monday.

or,


Me: When would you be heading for California, Ma’am?

The woman: I would be heading next Monday.


To me the first conversation is correct and the second conversation is incorrect. In the second conversation, the response to the question is incorrect. Am I right?

  

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Neither conversation is natural. I've commented on your use of would a lot already, so here are a few comments on other points. to head somewhere does not just mean to go somewhere .

— Clive

  • Neither conversation is natural.
  • I've commented on your use of would a lot already, so here are a few comments on other points.
  • to head somewhere does not just mean to go somewhere .
  • It means to go in the general direction of somewhere, often in a casual way.
  • It's not more polite than go somewhere.
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Neither conversation is natural.

I've commented on your use of would a lot already, so here are a few comments on other points.


to head somewhere does not just mean to go somewhere. It means to go in the general direction of somewhere, often in a casual way. It's not more polite than go somewhere. In fact, its casual tone may not be suitable

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The exchange of words below is all you need. I don't know why you think communicating with a respected woman is so different from communicating with anyone else. Just don't use curse words in front of her!

— When are you leaving for California?
— Next Monday.

CJ

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