You would just/You will just/You're just going to
A: Come out here now. Then nothing will happen to you.
B: I don't buy it. You would just beat me up./You'll just beat me up./You're just going to beat me up.
Which one of these would be more natural in the context?
Top answer
Hi I'd say the first one is the least likely, in context. It contains the careful use of the modal verb 'would' to express a possibility. Quite correct but, in practice, people may not speak that carefully if they are fearful of being beaten up The other two are good.
- Hi I'd say the first one is the least likely, in context.
- It contains the careful use of the modal verb 'would' to express a possibility.
- Quite correct but, in practice, people may not speak that carefully if they are fearful of being beaten up The other two are good.
- ' is the shortest, quickest and most direct.
- The other one, with 'going', has slightly more emotion behind it: 'I've been in these situations before, I know what's going to happen: I come out and then you're going to beat me up.
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I'd say the first one is the least likely, in context. It contains the careful use of the modal verb 'would' to express a possibility. Quite correct but, in practice, people may not speak that carefully if they are fearful of being beaten up
The other two are good. The one with 'You'll just ...' is the shortest, quickest and most direct. The other one, with 'going', has slig
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