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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Will/going to future
Hi!
A couple of days ago, we had an argument with my English teacher. There was a sentence we had to finish:
When we get home, we ________ have dinner.
I would have instinctively used the "are going to" tense but I thought that both tenses could be used depending on the context. Both she and the key said it should be used with "will". She tried to explain to me why the "will" is necessary in this case but it's still not clear to me.
So my question is:
Is the sentence 'When we get home, we are going to have dinner.' absolutely incorrect? Couldn't it be like a decision that I've just made?
If not, in which cases would you use it? In which would you use 'will'?
A couple of days ago, we had an argument with my English teacher. There was a sentence we had to finish:
When we get home, we ________ have dinner.
I would have instinctively used the "are going to" tense but I thought that both tenses could be used depending on the context. Both she and the key said it should be used with "will". She tried to explain to me why the "will" is necessary in this case but it's still not clear to me.
So my question is:
Is the sentence 'When we get home, we are going to have dinner.' absolutely incorrect? Couldn't it be like a decision that I've just made?
If not, in which cases would you use it? In which would you use 'will'?
Top answer
When we get home, we ___will___ have dinner. That means that the time you get home, you sit down to eat. It also implies that it is past your normal meal time and you will be hungry.
- When we get home, we ___will___ have dinner.
- That means that the time you get home, you sit down to eat.
- It also implies that it is past your normal meal time and you will be hungry.
- The progressive form is not incorrect, but it does not have the immediacy of the simple tense.
- It implies that you will plan to eat dinner sometime later.
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When we get home, we ___will___ have dinner.
That means that the time you get home, you sit down to eat. It also implies that it is past your normal meal time and you will be hungry.
The progressive form is not incorrect, but it does not have the immediacy of the simple tense. It implies that you will plan to eat dinner sometime later.
That means that the time you get home, you sit down to eat. It also implies that it is past your normal meal time and you will be hungry.
The progressive form is not incorrect, but it does not have the immediacy of the simple tense. It implies that you will plan to eat dinner sometime later.
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I feel no significant difference between will and BE going to in that sentence.
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