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KalikoKatze Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Is "be going to Verb+ing" Future Continuous?

Hello everyone!

I came across this sentence in a DIY video:

"In this tutorial we're going to be showing you how to make one of these lovely pumpkins."

(It's about pumpkin plushies.)
(Source:The sentence is within the first 10 seconds.)

Is this Future Continuous? I read here ( https://ginsengenglish.com/blog/future-continuous) that you can replace "will" in Future Continuous with "be going to" but haven't really come across this construct - or I've just never noticed.

Is it really true that you can replace the two anytime, can I trust this source? Are there any nuanced differences between the usage of the two?

Thank you for your help in advance!
  

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KalikoKatze Is this Future Continuous? Yes. They are not completely synonymous, just as the "going to" and "will" future forms are not.

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  • KalikoKatze Is this Future Continuous?
  • Yes.
  • They are not completely synonymous, just as the "going to" and "will" future forms are not.
  • We'll be leaving tomorrow.
  • We are going to be leaving tomorrow.
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KalikoKatzeIs this Future Continuous?

Yes. They are not completely synonymous, just as the "going to" and "will" future forms are not.

We'll be leaving tomorrow.
We are going to be leaving tomorrow.

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KalikoKatzeIs it really true that you can replace the two anytime

Replace the two anytime? I don't think it says that. They're just telling you that both constructions are grammatical.

1) In this tutorial we're going to be showing

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