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Laborious Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

will be + ing/ be going to be coming

Hi teachers, 

Do the following sentences mean the same thing?

-He is going to be coming tomorrow.

-He will be coming tomorrow. 

Do the verb phrases 'to be going to be doing something' and 'will be doing something' mean the same thing when we are talking about something in the future?

Thank you. 
  

Top answer

The subtle differences between "will", "going to" and the present tense when talking about the future take quite a lot of effort to fully explain, and it is hard even for native speakers to immediately bring to mind all the different cases. Fortunately, because it is such a common question, numerous people have already attempted to answer it. htm As far as your sentence is concerned, the simplest way to say it is "He's coming tomorrow".

— GPY

  • The subtle differences between "will", "going to" and the present tense when talking about the future take quite a lot of effort to fully explain, and it is hard even for native speakers to immediately bring to mind all the different cases.
  • Fortunately, because it is such a common question, numerous people have already attempted to answer it.
  • htm As far as your sentence is concerned, the simplest way to say it is "He's coming tomorrow".
  • "He is going to be coming tomorrow" suffers from a noticeable "going ...
  • coming" interference.
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The subtle differences between "will", "going to" and the present tense when talking about the future take quite a lot of effort to fully explain, and it is hard even for native speakers to immediately bring to mind all the different cases. Fortunately, because it is such a common question, numerous people have already attempted to answer it. Google search for difference between will and going
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