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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

was going to - will

Please help me with this:

I can lend you this dress although I was going to wear it this evening.

According to my grammar book this sentence is correct, but I would say: ... I will wear/ I am going to wear it this evening.

Why is the 1. one correct?

Thanks for the help!
  

Top answer

If you intend to wear the dress, you cannot lend it to someone. You had the intention in the past to wear it -you were going to wear it. You are not now going to wear it.

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  • If you intend to wear the dress, you cannot lend it to someone.
  • You had the intention in the past to wear it -you were going to wear it.
  • You are not now going to wear it.
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If you intend to wear the dress, you cannot lend it to someone. You had the intention in the past to wear it -you were going to wear it. You are not now going to wear it.
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AnonymousI can lend you this dress later although I was going to wear it this evening.
It needs something like "later".
AnonymousI will wear it this evening
This won't work. "will" makes it sound to me like a spontaneous reaction to something else.

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