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Sarunnio Posted 19 years ago
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Will stay/ Will be staying

0Hi everyone,02br
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00I've been getting confused between how to use "You will stay down here" and "You will be staying down here".02br
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0The BBC worldservice answered the very same question:02br
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0 Yes, interesting link from the BBC, thanks. 02br
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00 However, I think in the penultimate para, the author at the BBC site should have said:02br
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00Simple forms often go with permanent ideas - but if you are asking someone this question, then you 01font00INTEND TO SAY/MEAN02font
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0 ("down here" sounds like a basement.)02br
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00 My 01u00impression02u00 of the difference, exaggerated for purposes of illustration, is as follows.02br
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00 You will stay down here. I have decided that you will stay down here. Don't even ask to stay elsewhere. This is my decision, and I don't want any arguments about it
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