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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Wich form of future perfect and future continuous do native speakers prefer?

Dear teacher, the grammar that I am currently reading says that there are two possible forms for future perfect and future continuous in English. They can be formed by will or going to.

Example:
  • I will be watching TV by this  time tonight.
    • I am going to be watching TV by this time tonight.

    • Which form do native speakers prefer more?
  

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Anonymous two possible forms for future perfect and future continuous in English. Not exactly. I will be watching has the future continuous.

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  • Anonymous two possible forms for future perfect and future continuous in English.
  • Not exactly.
  • I will be watching has the future continuous.
  • I will have been watching has the future perfect continuous.
  • ) I'm going to be watching has the periphrastic future continuous.
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Anonymoustwo possible forms for future perfect and future continuous in English.
Not exactly.

I will be watching has the future continuous.
I will have been watching has the future perfect continuous. (Not used much.)
I'm going to be watching has the periphrastic future continuous.
I'm going to have been watching
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You did not give any example of future perfect.

The modal future (with "will") and the "be going to" are both very common and used in both the continuous and non-continuous. It is not a matter of preference.

I will enroll in Princeton University in the fall.
I am going to enroll in Princeton University in the fall.
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I will write some more examples with a hypothetical situation:

The film starts tonight at 6:00 PM and ends at 7:00 PM .

I will watch this film.(I have just decided. It's 11:00 AM )
I am going to watch this film.(I have already decided. It's 11:15 AM)

Tonight at 6:30 PM, I will be watching the film.
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AnonymousUnlike Simple Future forms, Future Continuous forms are usually interchangeable.
OK. Now I see what you're talking about. I think that's possible. "Usually" interchangeable. Personally, I tend to use the contracted forms of 'will' in those cases ('ll) in preference to the 'going to' forms (or with the full form 'will').

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I'm a little bit confused about this usually? Can you think an exception of this rule? Are they really interchangeable or there is a slight difference in the meaning?

Thanks!
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AnonymousI'm a little bit confused about this usually? Can you think an exception of this rule? Are they really interchangeable or there is a slight difference in the meaning?Thanks!
There's a slight difference.

Example: Suppose I go for a walk every Tuesday afternoon. It's a habit with me. A friend calls and asks me to join him on a short trip thi
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So, can we say that the logic of future simple impacts the other future tenses shown in my example above although it is not mandatory according to the grammar rules?
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AnonymousSo, can we say that the logic of future simple impacts the other future tenses shown in my example above although it is not mandatory according to the grammar rules?
Yes, I think that sums it up nicely.
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