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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

The bus leaves/will leave/is going to leave/etc

Hello,
Like most students I was taught to use Simple Present when talking about bus/coach/train times/schedules. I have noticed that in real life conversations the sentence "The bus leaves at 10 am" would probably sound weird/unacceptable. In such contexts, no matter if the subject of the sentence is a bus/coach/train/airplane/etc, is it more natural to use "to be going to" or "Future Simple Tense". As in: "The bus will leave/is going to leave at 10 AM."

It seems to me that grammar and practice clash a lot here Emotion: smile.
Thank you
  

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Gene93 I have noticed that in real life conversations the sentence "The bus leaves at 10 am" would probably sound weird/unacceptable. It doesn't. It is normal and natural.

— Fivejedjon

  • Gene93 I have noticed that in real life conversations the sentence "The bus leaves at 10 am" would probably sound weird/unacceptable.
  • It doesn't.
  • It is normal and natural.
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Gene93I have noticed that in real life conversations the sentence "The bus leaves at 10 am" would probably sound weird/unacceptable.
It doesn't. It is normal and natural.
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Thank you. Can we say that the use of "to be going to" and "Future Simple" are fine as well?

Thanks again Emotion: smile
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Gene93Can we say that the use of "to be going to" and "Future Simple" are fine as well?
Yes.
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