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    Will / Going to

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    Will / Going to
    Message from lukaznachi posted on 04-03-2015 at 23:22:02 (D | E | F)
    Hello.
    I know this is very basic knowledge and yet I somehow find it confusing. Please help.
    I'm having some troubles with the usage of ''will'' and ''going to'' in the future tense. I have searched this problem all over Google, but I can't seem to find the universal explanation (for example, one site says things 1 and 2, another site says things 2, 3 and 4, the third site says only things 2 and 3 etc.). I will be very grateful if somebody answers my question briefly and clearly, like this:

    ''WILL''
    Usage 1 -
    Usage 2 -
    Usage 3 -
    ...
    Example 1 -
    Example 2 -
    Example 3 -
    ...

    ''GOING TO''
    Usage 1 -
    Usage 2 -
    Usage 3 -
    ...
    Example 1 -
    Example 2 -
    Example 3 -
    ...

    I hope I'm not asking for too much. Thank you in advance.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 05-03-2015 00:05


    Re: Will / Going to from gerondif, posted on 05-03-2015 at 00:03:24 (D | E)
    Hello,
    to make it short:
    will:
    1) Pure future, something will happen in the future: I will buy a new car next year.
    2) Inevitable consequence: If you punch this dog, it will bite you.
    (dangerous for French people who would have a tendancy to use "going to" as in their native language)
    3) If stressed and not shortened, will can be a reminiscence of the German verb wollen (to want)
    (Ich will gehen, I want to go)
    I WILL go to that party, whether you like it or not.
    Also used in: Sit down, will you ?

    going to:
    1) Indicates something that I have planned: I am going to murder him !
    2) Indicates something that will happen in the near future. It is going to rain soon.




    Re: Will / Going to from lukaznachi, posted on 05-03-2015 at 07:08:13 (D | E)
    Thank you, gerondif.




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