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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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what is the difference?

0Is there any difference between the two? Are they saying the same thing? 02br
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00I am flying to Tokyo tomorrow afternoon.02br
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00I am going to fly to Tokyo tomorrow afternoon. 0-
  

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0 There's a slight difference. The second one makes it sound that you've just decided right now that you're going to fly to Tokyo, whereas the first one makes it sound that flying to Tokyo is already arranged. 0-

— Tidus

  • 0 There's a slight difference.
  • The second one makes it sound that you've just decided right now that you're going to fly to Tokyo, whereas the first one makes it sound that flying to Tokyo is already arranged.
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0 There's a slight difference. The second one makes it sound that you've just decided right now that you're going to fly to Tokyo, whereas the first one makes it sound that flying to Tokyo is already arranged. 0-
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0<The second one makes it sound that you've just decided right now that you're going to fly to Tokyo, whereas the first one makes it sound that flying to Tokyo is already arranged. >02br
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00Both the present simple and "be going to" are used to talk about pre-arranged/scheduled events. 02br
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01i00We are going to leave at six tomorrow.0
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0 Sorry, ignore my previous post. It's lunchtime and I'm hungry. 0-
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