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TomJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Verb tenses

Hi there teachers; I need your help with tenses, please.

- Yesterday was Tuesday, today is Wednesday, and tomorrow <is / will be / is going to be> Thursday.

Please tell me what the most appropriate verb tense is and why.
All of them sound equally correct to me, but I wonder what you native speakers of English think about it.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

I'm thinking that "is" is the best. There's no chance that tomorrow won't be Thursday, so the possible future tense of "will be" seems a little unneceasary. (same for "is going to be", they have the same meaning)

— Jaylor

  • I'm thinking that "is" is the best.
  • There's no chance that tomorrow won't be Thursday, so the possible future tense of "will be" seems a little unneceasary.
  • (same for "is going to be", they have the same meaning)
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I'm thinking that "is" is the best.
There's no chance that tomorrow won't be Thursday, so the possible future tense of "will be" seems a little unneceasary. (same for "is going to be", they have the same meaning)
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Thank you, Jaylor, for your helpful reply! One more thing please... when we say that something will happen in the future, could we use any of them i.e., 'present simple', 'will', and 'be going to' without any significant difference? I often encounter sentences that are about the future, but are in the present simple tense. Could you please tell me why it is so and when we need to use
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