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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies

I'm going to marry him whatever they say!

(For MollyB.)

>>As far as I know, "be gonna" only occurs in structures such as:

I'm going to marry him whatever they say!

And not in structures such as:

I'm going to London to see her.

A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. Does it, and if it does, why? And is it widespread?>>
  

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A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No.

— CalifJim

  • A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example.
  • The native must have misunderstood the question.
  • Does it No.
  • , and if it does, why?
  • And is it widespread?
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A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No., and if it does, why? And is it widespread? No.

"gonna" has to be followed by a verb. London isn't a verb!

I'm gonna
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CalifJimA native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No., and if it does, why? And is it widespread? No.

"gonna" has to be followed by a verb. London isn
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CalifJimA native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No., and if it does, why? And is it widespread? No.

"gonna" has to be followed
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Hi,
I'm gonna punch him!<-- ok
Immuna puch him! <-- ok. I think I tend to use this soooo much
I'ma puch him!<-- ok, but I never use it.
I'm going to London<-- ok. I say something like "I'm going duh London"

I'm gonna London. <-- no, never heard this.
I wanna banana. <-- no, this would be understood "I won a banana", I thi
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I wanna banana sounds just fine for "I want a banana."

Otherwise, I agree with CJ and Amy. I'm gonna Boston is NOT natural. I'm goin duh Boston does sound natural. The "uh" in gunna is different from the "oh" in goin.
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Grammar GeekI wanna banana sounds just fine for "I want a banana."

Hi,
do you mean that "I want a banana" and "I won a banana" sound the same to you?

I pronounce wanna as wuh-nuh
I pronounce want a as wah
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What do you mean "only occurs"? If you use it, and it's understood by your interlocutor (um, that's the person to whom you are speaking), and you get a response from it, then it occurs, regardless of what your textbooks say.
It's clear that the writer was being deliberately obtuse. In this vacuous sense of "occurs" almost anything can be said to occur.

"M
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I pronounce wanna as wuh-nuh
I pronounce want a as wah-nuh

The difference is the first vowel. So I don't say "I wuh nuh banana", I say "I wah-nuh banana cuz I w
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<I'd say that "I'm going to Boston" might be pronounced like this: "I'm goin a Boston".
To me there is a world of difference between that and "I'm gonna Boston".
I agree with CJ.
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<I wanna banana. <-- no, this would be understood "I won a banana", I think.>

Not by me. "I wonna" is not "I wunna".
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