Usage of 'going to'
I've found following sentence in a movie.
1 : She and I are going to be working on our comic book.
Please someone let me know, following sentence has the similar meaning.
2 : She and I are going to work on our comic book.
In fact, I'm only familiar with second sentence structure in which has base form of the verb after 'going to'. Even though I think both of sentences have similar meaning I'm not 100% sure about that.
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The meanings are essentially similar. There is a difference in "feel" which different people might explain in different ways. (1) may seem to more strongly suggest that "working" happens over a defined interval of time, in particular if this is concurrent with some other activity that has been mentioned in the context: — Are you coming to London with us tomorrow?
- The meanings are essentially similar.
- There is a difference in "feel" which different people might explain in different ways.
- (1) may seem to more strongly suggest that "working" happens over a defined interval of time, in particular if this is concurrent with some other activity that has been mentioned in the context: — Are you coming to London with us tomorrow?
- — No, we're going to be working on our comic book.
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The meanings are essentially similar. There is a difference in "feel" which different people might explain in different ways. (1) may seem to more strongly suggest that "working" happens over a defined interval of time, in particular if this is concurrent with some other activity that has been mentioned in the context:
— Are you coming to London with us tomorrow?
— No, we'r
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