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Slocawber Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
WILL or GOING TO
Good evening.
In an exercise there are blank spaces to fill in either with WILL or with GOING TO.
One of the sentences goes like this:
They ............... (arrive) at the airport at 9 p.m. tomorrow.
According to grammar one of the uses of WILL seems to be talking about future facts that do not depend on one's will or intention.
Do you also think that that's the case?
Thank you
In an exercise there are blank spaces to fill in either with WILL or with GOING TO.
One of the sentences goes like this:
They ............... (arrive) at the airport at 9 p.m. tomorrow.
According to grammar one of the uses of WILL seems to be talking about future facts that do not depend on one's will or intention.
Do you also think that that's the case?
Thank you
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The "will" / "going to" issue is notoriously fraught with difficulties. Both are possible in your sentence, with little difference in meaning that I discern. slocawber According to grammar one of the uses of WILL seems to be talking about future facts that do not depend on one's will or intention.
- The "will" / "going to" issue is notoriously fraught with difficulties.
- Both are possible in your sentence, with little difference in meaning that I discern.
- slocawber According to grammar one of the uses of WILL seems to be talking about future facts that do not depend on one's will or intention.
- One of the uses, yes, but an obvious exception is first-person use such as "I will do it".
- g.
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The "will" / "going to" issue is notoriously fraught with difficulties. Both are possible in your sentence, with little difference in meaning that I discern.
slocawberAccording to grammar one of the uses of WILL seems to be talking about future facts that do not depend on one's will or intention.One of the uses, yes, but an obvious exception is first-person use
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The example you gave for GOING TO with no will or intention is in my book referred to as 'logical deduction' (e.g. 'Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain soon.')
The other meaning left for GOING TO seems to be 'having the intention of'. But it's clearly not good for the sentence I have proposed.
I expect the situation could be for instance: they have cancelled the flight that arri
The other meaning left for GOING TO seems to be 'having the intention of'. But it's clearly not good for the sentence I have proposed.
I expect the situation could be for instance: they have cancelled the flight that arri
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I'm sorry I forgot the question mark.
P.S. It would be great to have the opportunity to edit the text one has written, in case there are spelling mistakes...
P.S. It would be great to have the opportunity to edit the text one has written, in case there are spelling mistakes...
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slocawberhe example you gave for GOING TO with no will or intention is in my book referred to as 'logical deduction' (e.g. 'Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain soon.')I prefer to think of BE going to as being used when there is present evidence of a future situation.
One of the uses of will is to express the speaker's certain
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fivejedjonI prefer to think of BE going to as being used when there is present evidence of a future situation.And can also express will/intention in the first person, e.g. "I'm going to resign".
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GPYAnd can also express will/intention in the first person, e.g. "I'm going to resign".Yes, but that is covered by 'present evidence', the present evidence in that case being the speaker's intention.
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fivejedjonYes, but that is covered by 'present evidence', the present evidence in that case being the speaker's intention.But then by the same token, isn't "I will resign" also demonstrating present evidence?
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