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mahid
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Grammar Correction
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Dear Teachers:
Can we use going to to
talk about future plans that are certain to happen? |
7 Jul 2012
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pilarmham
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going to can be used for intentions (not necessarily firm) and predictions (which are quite certain to happen, since we have evidence).Some examples:
I �m going to study a lot more from now on (intention) That woman is going to have a baby (prediction: we can see that she is pregnant, so we can be quite certain).
Hope this helped. |
7 Jul 2012
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mohzayat
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be going to implies that there are signs that something will happen , "will" implies that the speaker thinks or believes that it will happen.
best regards
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7 Jul 2012
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papadeli
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 Greetings from Grreece, |
7 Jul 2012
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