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Hirashin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I'm going to be having a baby.

(a) I'm going to be having a baby.
(b) I'm going to have a baby.

What's the difference in meaning between (a) and (b)?
Are they interchangeable?

Hirashin
  

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The difference is that you wouldn't want to say something as awkward as (a) but you would say (b). Or (c) I'm having a baby. They all mean the same thing: that you've failed to consider how expensive college will be in 18 1/2 years.

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  • The difference is that you wouldn't want to say something as awkward as (a) but you would say (b).
  • Or (c) I'm having a baby.
  • They all mean the same thing: that you've failed to consider how expensive college will be in 18 1/2 years.
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The difference is that you wouldn't want to say something as awkward as (a) but you would say (b). Or (c) I'm having a baby.

They all mean the same thing: that you've failed to consider how expensive college will be in 18 1/2 years.
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