Post #152

🔰Future ✨Will and Present forms: both possible✌🏻 Will and present forms (especially going to ...) are often both possible in the same situation, if ‘present’ ideas like intention or fixed arrangement are a part of the meaning, but not very important. The choice can depend on which aspect we wish to emphasise. 🔹What will you do next year? (open question about the future; perhaps no clear plans have been made) 🔸What are you doing next year? (emphasis on fixed arrangements) ◽️What are you going to do next year? (emphasis on intentions) 🔹All the family will be there. ◽️All the family are going to be there. 🔹If your mother comes, you’ll have to help with the cooking. ◽️If your mother comes, you're going to have to help with the cooking. 🔹You won’t believe this. ◽️You’re not going to believe this. 🔹Next year will be different. ◽️Next year is going to be different. 🔹Jack will explain everything to you. ◽️Jack’s going to explain everything to you. ➖Both going to ... and stressed will can express a strong intention or determination. ◽️I’m really going to stop smoking! 🔹I really will stop smoking! ➖In cases like these, the different forms are all correct, and it is unimportant which one is chosen. @EnglishGrammarSecrets