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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
What's the difference in meaning?
If you ask
a) What are you doing this afternoon?
b) What are you going to do this afternoon?
c) What will you be doing this afternoon?
Please reply!
a) What are you doing this afternoon?
b) What are you going to do this afternoon?
c) What will you be doing this afternoon?
Please reply!
Top answer
No essential difference.
- No essential difference.
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a) refers to a plan i.e What 's your plan for this afternoon?
b) refers to an intention i.e What do you intend to do this afternoon?
c) the future continuous refers to something that is usually done. For example: I will be checking my e-mail acount this afternoon refers to the future and also means that I check my e-mail accounts in the afternoons.
Questins a) and b) are correct
b) refers to an intention i.e What do you intend to do this afternoon?
c) the future continuous refers to something that is usually done. For example: I will be checking my e-mail acount this afternoon refers to the future and also means that I check my e-mail accounts in the afternoons.
Questins a) and b) are correct
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Cool BreezeQuestion c) appears the least nosy.I hadn't considered the nosiness factor, but now that I think of it, I think I'd say a) instead of c), though I don't have very strong feelings about it.
CJ
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