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Soylista Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
"will be going to + Vb. inf." Is this expression common?
Hello! This is my first post here. Nice to meet you! 
I am confused with this expression, "will be going to + Vb".
eg. I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.
To me, this expression is sort of redundant. Why do you need to use both "will" and "be+going to"? I somewhat understand the differences between future meaning expressions; "be+going to", "be ~ing", "will" and "will be ~ing" but I've got confused since I heard this "will be going to ~".
Is this expression common to use? Is there any specific meaning on this? What kind of occasion or circumstances should I use this expression?
I really appreciate if you teach me! Thank you
I am confused with this expression, "will be going to + Vb".
eg. I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.
To me, this expression is sort of redundant. Why do you need to use both "will" and "be+going to"? I somewhat understand the differences between future meaning expressions; "be+going to", "be ~ing", "will" and "will be ~ing" but I've got confused since I heard this "will be going to ~".
Is this expression common to use? Is there any specific meaning on this? What kind of occasion or circumstances should I use this expression?
I really appreciate if you teach me! Thank you
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welcome to here soylista I suppose although it is not very common, it is correct grammatically but don't mix "will be v+ing" and "be going to verb" because "will be verb+ing " express us that you're continuing to do something in future. The action continues in future. "will" and " be going to" express us future.
- welcome to here soylista I suppose although it is not very common, it is correct grammatically but don't mix "will be v+ing" and "be going to verb" because "will be verb+ing " express us that you're continuing to do something in future.
- The action continues in future.
- "will" and " be going to" express us future.
- you're thinking of to do something in future maybe it is plan or hope.
- I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.
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welcome to here soylista
I suppose although it is not very common, it is correct grammatically
but don't mix "will be v+ing" and "be going to verb"
because "will be verb+ing " express us that you're continuing to do something in future. The action continues in future.
"will" and " be going to" express us future. you're thinking of to do something in future mayb
I suppose although it is not very common, it is correct grammatically
but don't mix "will be v+ing" and "be going to verb"
because "will be verb+ing " express us that you're continuing to do something in future. The action continues in future.
"will" and " be going to" express us future. you're thinking of to do something in future mayb
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SoylistaHello! This is my first post here. Nice to meet you!
I am confused with this expressio
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There is nothing wrong with the way it is, but there are better ways to say it such as I am going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.
But in your sentence, I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow,
will be going = your action (what)
to visit = your
But in your sentence, I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow,
will be going = your action (what)
to visit = your
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GazapoThere is nothing wrong with the way it is, but there are better ways to say it such as I am going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.
But in your sentence, I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow,
will be going = your action
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SoylistaI am confused with this expression, "will be going to + Vb".
eg. I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.
To me, this expression is sort of redundant. Why do you need to use both "will" and "be+going to"? I somewhat understand the differences between future meaning expressions; "be+going to", "be ~ing", "will" and "will be ~ing" but
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Welcome to English Forums!
This is the going to of motion, not the going to of the future.
Here are sentences which use both:
I am going to go shopping. (going of the future; go of motion)
I am going to be going now. (going of the future; going of motion)
I am going to be going to New York next year.
This is the going to of motion, not the going to of the future.
Here are sentences which use both:
I am going to go shopping. (going of the future; go of motion)
I am going to be going now. (going of the future; going of motion)
I am going to be going to New York next year.
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Hi yunus,
>welcome to here soylista Thank you!
Thank you so much for the explanation. I thought th
>welcome to here soylista Thank you!
Thank you so much for the explanation. I thought th
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MilkyAlthough theoretically possible, not one occurence of such a construction was found in the Survey of English Usage (Palmer). Thoeretically the "will be" represent the immediate nature of the event referred to and "be going to" the planned nature of the future event. I'd avoid using it if I were you.Hi Milky,
Thank you for your reply! Befor
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GazapoThere is nothing wrong with the way it is, but there are better ways to say it such as I am going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.
But in your sentence, I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow,
will be going = your actio
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Hi Paco,
Thank you for the sites info! Actually, when I googled "will be going to", I found the Stanford Linguistics article, too but I had no clue what it means!
Thank you for the sites info! Actually, when I googled "will be going to", I found the Stanford Linguistics article, too but I had no clue what it means!
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