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Autor:  Dale-USA
E-mail:  dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br
Data:  08/ABR/2011 2:20 PM
Assunto:  Use of "going to" for future
 
Mensagem:  We can't take too seriously "immediate future".  It's entirely possible to say:
I am going to study French in 2014.
I am going to see my family next year.

Neither 2014 nor next year appear to qualify as the immediate future.

Is there a major difference between the sentences above and those below?

I will/shall study French in 2014.
I will/shall see my family next year.

"To be going" sounds more informal to me, not as precise, not as direct.  Both forms express the same general thought.  Do you agree?


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 English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Use of "going to" for future  –  William Asanome  08/ABR/2011, 11:43 AM
Use of "going to" for future  –  ThiagoFloripa  08/ABR/2011, 12:25 PM
 Use of "going to" for future  –  Dale-USA  08/ABR/2011, 2:20 PM
Use of "going to" for future  –  William Asanome  08/ABR/2011, 11:01 PM
Use of "going to" for future  –  Jazz  08/ABR/2011, 11:47 PM
Use of "going to" for future  –  William Asanome  09/ABR/2011, 10:26 AM
Use of "going to" for future  –  Dale-USA  09/ABR/2011, 12:50 AM
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