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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

will be doing/will do

Hi
Please tell me the difference.
She will be helping him with the answers around Wednesday.
She will help him with the answers around Wednesday.
Is the first one a plan and the second, an expectation?
  

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First let me say that "around" is strange there. Let me substitute "on". They are pretty similar.

— Enoon

  • First let me say that "around" is strange there.
  • Let me substitute "on".
  • They are pretty similar.
  • I think the difference can be best explained by imagining what sentence each would be a likely rejoinder to.
  • —"Jack is so screwed if nobody helps him study.
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First let me say that "around" is strange there. Let me substitute "on".

They are pretty similar. I think the difference can be best explained by imagining what sentence each would be a likely rejoinder to.

—"Jack is so screwed if nobody helps him study. When did you say Jill would be available?"
—"She will be helping him with the answers on Wednesday."

—"Jill will b
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Thank you very much, enoon.
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vsureshPlease tell me the difference.She will be helping him with the answers around Wednesday.She will help him with the answers around Wednesday.
If you mean "approximately " Wednesday (maybe Tuesday, maybe Wednesday, maybe Thursday), say
She will help him with the answers sometime around Wednesday.

To me, there is no difference in meani
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vsureshIs the first one a plan and the second, an expectation?
These descriptions are rather vague. I don't see that "plan" describes the first one, though "expectation" may be all right for the second.

The first describes an activity in future time; the second expresses the expected fulfillment of a commitment.

She will be helping him
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