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Bigapple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

what's the difference between "won't be getting back" and "won't get back"?

Hi all,
While I was watch a TV show I heard a girl said "We will not be getting back together"
couldn't she have said "we will not get back together"?
can someone please help me to figure out what's the different between these sentences?

Thank you!
  

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Hi, While I was watch a TV show I heard a girl said "We will not be getting back together" couldn't she have said "we will not get back together"? can someone please help me to figure out what's the different between these sentences? There's not a lot of difference here.

— Clive

  • Hi, While I was watch a TV show I heard a girl said "We will not be getting back together" couldn't she have said "we will not get back together"?
  • can someone please help me to figure out what's the different between these sentences?
  • There's not a lot of difference here.
  • The 'continuous' suggests duration.
  • It suggests that she means 'We are not going to be involved in a lengthy process of reconciliation'.
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Hi,

While I was watch a TV show I heard a girl said "We will not be getting back together"
couldn't she have said "we will not get back together"?
can someone please help me to figure out what's the different between these sentences?

There's not a lot of difference here. The 'continuous' suggests duration. It suggests that she means 'We are n
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Thank you Clive
You the best
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My take on it:

will not be getting back together
All the evidence points to this. This seems to be the inevitable conclusion. This is a very confident prediction of the future based on the current situation.

will not get back together
This is a guess in the absence of much evidence. This is a statement of what is most likely to happen in the esti
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