I Hope to See You Again in Future Linguistic Events

At this time tomorrow, I'll exist swimming; I'll be on holiday!

A question from Yukiazb in Nippon:
Dear Sir,

I'yard a 63 yr former man learning English language in Japan. I'll be glad if you lot would let me know the differences in significant of the following sentences:
1) I'll meet you tomorrow; 2) I'k going to see you tomorrow; three) I'chiliad seeing you tomorrow; 4) I'll exist seeing you tomorrow

Give thanks you - future forms

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Gareth Rees:
Well, cheers very much for this question and indeed, talking about the future in English is not straightforward, partly because we don't take one specific future tense.

Yous take asked about four forms which are oft confused - and they are often confused considering they are, in fact, confusing! They are disruptive because the differences between these forms are not fixed or absolute. Sometimes all four forms might be suitable for a situation. Today, I'll talk about each form individually.

At present, retrieve that the context for these sentences seems to be social or work plans for tomorrow.

The start case:
'I'll see you tomorrow.' - This is 'volition' + the infinitive. We apply this form when we speak at the same time that we make a decision nearly the time to come plan. For example:
'When tin can you lot requite me an answer?'
'Well, I'll see you lot tomorrow. Is that okay?'

Now, the second example:
'I'one thousand going to see you tomorrow' - This is 'to exist going to' + the infinitive. We use this grade when nosotros take made the decision and plan before nosotros speak. We are telling someone what we take already decided or agreed to do.

Wait at these two examples to compare the first 2 forms:

1. 'They say the weather condition will exist nice tomorrow'
'Really? Oh well, in that example, I think I'll go to the beach'

2. 'They say the atmospheric condition will exist nice tomorrow'
'I know - I checked the news yesterday. I'yard going to go to the beach. Would you like to come?'

So, you lot can meet the departure between these ii forms. In the outset i, the determination is made at the time of speaking. In the second one, the decision was made earlier; the plan has been fabricated.

Now, the third form:
'I'm seeing you tomorrow' - This is the present continuous with a future meaning. We employ it to talk about definite plans and arrangements. Things have been decided already, and arrangements have been made. As you can run into, this is very similar in use to 'to exist going to'.

Importantly, we generally use the present continuous when we are thinking about a particular time in the future. And it is commonly used to talk about social plans and meetings. On a Fri at work, the most common question is probably:
'What are you doing this weekend?'

Finally, the last form:
"I'll exist seeing you lot tomorrow." - This is 'will' + the continuous infinitive. Nosotros use this form when we desire to bring some of the pregnant of the continuous form to our description of future events.

The continuous form emphasises that an activity is happening at a certain time, and this activity lasts for a limited period of time. This pregnant is now combined with one meaning of 'will' - namely that 'will' tin can depict future facts or predictions.

So, if you want to describe a future result and you want to emphasis the activity that will accept place over fourth dimension of this event, you say:
'At this time tomorrow, I'll be swimming in the sea. No more piece of work for me - I'm on holiday!'

I hope this helps yous empathize these four forms a little better. Recall that 'to be going to' and the present continuous both suggest that plans have been fabricated already. 'Will' is used for spontaneous decisions and 'will exist doing' emphasises the action at a particular time in the hereafter.

Anyway, time to finish. I'm meeting my dominate in an hr and I haven't read the report all the same!

Gareth Rees has been an English language linguistic communication instructor and teacher trainer for over 10 years. He is currently a lecturer at London Metropolitan University and his kickoff class book for English Language learners is due to be published in the near future.

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