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Cho7712 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

would

In the following sentence,
ex. When we were seniors, I was disappointed that we wouldn't be going to the same college the following year.

Why is the progressive tense used? (What meaning is conveyed by progressive tense?)
I rather think that '...would go' is more appropriate not to say that it is of economical use.
  

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To me it adds the flavor of a continuous tense, and it's talking about the future. It describes or addresses the period between learning of the future non-event, and the non-event itself. "To be [not] going" describes a state of affairs.

— Avangi

  • To me it adds the flavor of a continuous tense, and it's talking about the future.
  • It describes or addresses the period between learning of the future non-event, and the non-event itself.
  • "To be [not] going" describes a state of affairs.
  • They told us we would be going to Disneyland.
  • Between now and the time of the trip, we will continuously hold the status of being future Disneyland attendees.
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To me it adds the flavor of a continuous tense, and it's talking about the future.
It describes or addresses the period between learning of the future non-event, and the non-event itself.
"To be [not] going" describes a state of affairs.

They told us we would be going to Disneyland.
Between now and the time of the trip, we will continuously hold the status of being futu
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cho7712I rather think that '...would go' is more appropriate
No. It's too easily confused with the 'will and would of refusal'.

This is one of the meanings of will and would:

We won't go to the same college. ~ We refuse to go to the same college.
We wouldn't go to the same college. ~ We
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Thank you all for the answers.
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