Will or going to in the following sentences
Hello everybody, I am am confused about the following situations:
We are going to/will have some lunch now, would you like some too?
I´ve saved enough money now, so I´ll/I am going to buy a laptop.
Can you help me, please? Thank you!!
Top answer
These would be normal: We're going to have some lunch now. Would you like some too? I've saved enough money now, so I'm going to buy a laptop.
- These would be normal: We're going to have some lunch now.
- Would you like some too?
- I've saved enough money now, so I'm going to buy a laptop.
- The first sentence was a comma splice.
- One way to fix this is to make it two sentences.
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These would be normal:
We're going to have some lunch now. Would you like some too?
I've saved enough money now, so I'm going to buy a laptop.
The first sentence was a comma splice. One way to fix this is to make it two sentences. Note also that you are using the wrong character for the apostrophe. You are actually typing an acute accent.
0It's unusual to use 'will' in a "cold opening", i.e., when it's the first thing in a conversation.
You can't normally start up a conversation by saying We will have lunch now.
'will' fits better in a statement of what might happen IF something else happens: If I save enough money, I'll buy a doorstop.
If the condition is already satisfied, there is usually no r
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