STARTING SOON
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on YouTube, the streamer often use "STARTING SOON"
why does it not be "Start soon"?
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"Starting soon" can be understood to mean or suggest "This video is starting soon". * "Start s soon" would be possible (depending on precise context), suggesting "This video starts soon". * Hmm, in fact, it occurred to me that the sentence "This video will start soon" would make sense.
- "Starting soon" can be understood to mean or suggest "This video is starting soon".
- * "Start s soon" would be possible (depending on precise context), suggesting "This video starts soon".
- * Hmm, in fact, it occurred to me that the sentence "This video will start soon" would make sense.
- For some reason, while we readily understand "Starting soon = This video is starting soon", we do not understand "Start soon = This video will start soon".
- I'm not very sure why this is.
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"Starting soon" can be understood to mean or suggest "This video is starting soon".
There is no obvious relevant sentence that "Start soon" could suggest.*
"Starts soon" would be possible (depending on precise context), suggesting "This video starts soon".
* Hmm, in fact, it occurred to me that the sentence "This video will start soon" would make sense. For some reason
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