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Inelements Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

will vs be going to in a question

Hello,

Is there any difference between these sentences?
1. What will you do?
2. What are you going to do?
  

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1. 2. What are you going to do?

— Laborious

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • What are you going to do?
  • To me, 'Yes'.
  • " is a simple question about what the person will do at some point in the future.
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inelementsIs there any difference between these sentences?1. What will you do?2. What are you going to do?
To me, 'Yes'. "What will you do?" is a simple question about what the person will do at some point in the future. "What are going to do?" seems like the speaker is asking the other person of his/her plans or decision (about doing something) in the
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It depends, as so many things do, on context.

If, for example, the question is asked to somebody who has just announced that they lost their job the day before, I sense no practical difference.
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fivejedjonIt depends, as so many things do, on context.
Yes, I accept what you say.
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