Will or Going To ???

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Which one is correct...I think, she is a good girl and she WILL help you when you need help.I think, she is a good girl and she IS GOING TO help you when you need help.Assuming that the speaker has positive previous experiences / impression about the girl, the speaker is making a prediction basing on proofs / information. From this perspecive, it seems "going to future" is the right option.However, if the speaker is making this statement basing on his personal, subjective point of view / ideas, "simple future" seems as the better option. Because, this makes the prediction one, which doesn't base on proofs / information.What is your idea ????Thanks

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

Without more context, either is possible.

Murat guler · Answer

Any other idea ???

Mister Micawber · Answer

I think she is a good girl, and she WILL help you when you need help.
I think she is a good girl, and she IS GOING TO help you when you need help.

murat gulerAssuming that the speaker has positive previous experiences / impression about the girl, the speaker is making a prediction basing on proofs / information. From this perspecive, it seems "going to future" is the right option.However, if the speaker is making this statement basing on his personal, subjective point of view / ideas, "simple future" seems as the better option. Because, this makes the prediction one, which doesn't base on proofs / information.What is your idea ?

There is no point in using more than one question mark at the end of a question.

I don't think those two options are generally valid points of distinction. In most such cases, a native speaker is liable to say either. Leech in Meaning and the English Verb merely distributes the future forms on a rough continuum of certainty—which is all that can be done, in my estimation.

Michael Lewis in The English Verb attributes the use of 'be going to' to present evidence, internal (a plan) or external, for the future event, and the use of 'will' to 'given the circumstances I see at the moment,' the future event will occur. This too is a subtlety worthy of a wizard.

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