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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Will versus Be Going to

Hi teachers,

Would you correct these definitions, please?

Will versus Be Going to

One of the uses of the will form is to express predictions for the future, based on speculations.

One of the uses of the be going to form is to express plans for the future decided in the past.

There are a few more, these are only the first ones.

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi. Your definitions are correct, however as you know, there are other usages for each one. Regards

  • Hi.
  • Your definitions are correct, however as you know, there are other usages for each one.
  • Regards
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Hi.

Your definitions are correct, however as you know, there are other usages for each one.

Regards
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Hi,

WILL:

1. future auxiliary( I will be happy when this is finished).

2. certainty( Don't phone them now-they will be having dinner).

3.willingness and decisions(Can somebody help me? I will./ I really will stop smoking)

4.requests, orders and offers(Will you send me the bill, please?/All staff will subm
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Hi,

Thank you for your reply. And yes, I know there are other uses.

Best regards.

TS
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Hi Iman,

Thank you for your reply. It sure does help.

What about these ones, do you agree?

Plans for the future decided in the past

We use “be going to” to express a future plan that has been decided by the subject in the past. There is a previous plan.

Plans for the future decided at the moment of speaking

We use “will” to expres
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Yes

but for future decided in the past there is an exception for some verbs like: go,come. it's better to use present continuous.because these kind of verbs show actions.

Regards

Iman
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Thinking SpainThere are a few more
"A few" is probably an understatement!

See

CJ
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Hi Jim,

Thank you for the link.

After your explanation about the differences between be going to and will, I can see why you told me that 'a few' is just an euphemism.

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