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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

How to use -ing verbs

What is the difference betwen "I am not having lunch today" and "I am not going to have lunch today"? Are they interchangeable?

could -ing be generalized to be use as future tense?
  

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"I am not having lunch today"-- a statement of established fact. "I am not going to have lunch today"-- a statement of intention. -- Usually.

— Mister Micawber

  • "I am not having lunch today"-- a statement of established fact.
  • "I am not going to have lunch today"-- a statement of intention.
  • -- Usually.
  • -- I don't understand your question.
  • Please elaborate.
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"I am not having lunch today"-- a statement of established fact.
"I am not going to have lunch today"-- a statement of intention.

Are they interchangeable?-- Usually.
could -ing be generalized to be use as future tense?-- I don't understand your question. Please elaborate.
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