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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
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Is this conversation natural?
a: Are you gonna print your essay?
b: I haven't done it yet
or
b: I haven't started doing yet.
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mosja a: Are you going to print your essay? In many people's speech "going to" becomes "gonna", but, with some exceptions, "gonna" looks nasty in writing and should be avoided. g.
- mosja a: Are you going to print your essay?
- In many people's speech "going to" becomes "gonna", but, with some exceptions, "gonna" looks nasty in writing and should be avoided.
- g.
- in dialogue in a story.
- In this case though, even though your text is dialogue, "gonna" seems to lower the tone in an unwelcome way.
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mosjaa: Are you going to print your essay?
In many people's speech "going to" becomes "gonna", but, with some exceptions, "gonna" looks nasty in writing and should be avoided. "gonna" in writing can be justified if you deliberately want to impart a casual feel, e.g. in dialogue in a story. In this case though, even
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