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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
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Hi teachers,

You will win the lottery next Saturday.

You will win the lottery on Saturday.

Both of them have the same meaning, don't they?

Thanks in advance
  

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Yes, but neither is logical, since the winner is unknown until the drawing.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, but neither is logical, since the winner is unknown until the drawing.
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Yes, but neither is logical, since the winner is unknown until the drawing.
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Well, the 'will' form is making a prediction based on a speculation. Isn't it one of the uses of will?Emotion: thinking

TS
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Not a reasonable use of it, lotteries being what they are. It is a speculation that the listener would laugh off. You may be as grammatical as you like, but you should also make practical utterances. 'Colorless green ideas sleep furiously' is grammatically correct but semantically useless. When you are composing sentences to teach the language, you have duty of care to ensure that they are prac
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Mister MicawberWhen you are composing sentences to teach the language, you have duty of care to ensure that they are practical ones.
Thank you for your commentaries. But a fortune teller can say that, I guess. By the way, 'You will find a new girlfriend' is much more natural then. I mean, I'm just expressing a prediction based on what I think, based on
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Yes, fortune tellers say that. Be sure you include fortune tellers in the context, eh?
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Yes sir. I will, I definitely will. Thank you very much.Emotion: wink
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