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- berryblondJuly 2014
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shouryouJuly 2020 In normal circumstances I am doing means the present continuous. E.g. I am doing the laundry (I am washing/drying my clothes at the moment). Whereas, I am going to would mean about the future. E.g. I am going to do the laundry (I have yet to do this action, but I am planning to do it now). However, I believe you might be also thinking of sentences when people say: I am doing the laundry tomorrow. (This would have a similar meaning to going to, whereby it expresses an action you have planned for the future) |
Geowill12mMarch 2020 I am doing means a present tense you're doing while I am going to do is a future tense according to me |
AparksJune 2018 Think of "I am doing" as something that you are doing in the immediate - in the moment, like you are actively doing something right now. "What's up?" "I am doing laundry". Think of "I am going to do" as talking about doing something later on in the future. Use the 'going' as a way to remember this: "what's up" "I'm going to do some cleaning soon" |
AussieInBgFebruary 2023 mac2210 Sorry, but your explanation of the difference between ”will” and ”going to” is poor, confusing and doesn’t properly explain the real difference. This is the sort of explanation that utterly confuses students. I get a lot of students, both in my course groups and privately, asking me ”what is the difference between ’will’ and ’going to’” after having gone through previous English courses and given the sort of explanation you have written in your post. As I’ve said, ”will” can be used for events related to events not related to the future. It could even be an event from the past! ”opinion” is a poor word choice which does next to nothing to differentiate ”will” and ”going to” - and confuses students. You tell us use ”will” for ”opinions”. Then you tell us to use ”going to” for ”predictions made based on what we can see or hear”. A ”prediction made based on what we can see or hear” is an opinion formed about a future event based on the evidence we can get from seeing or hearing up to the present point of time! Another poor word choice is ”general” for describing ”prediction” regarding ”will” ”based on what we already know”. You also talk about using ”going to” for ”predictions made based on what we can see or hear.”. Most predictions for most normal people are based on what we can see or hear!!!! So how the hell is ”general” differentiating from ”what we can see or hear”? |
mac2210February 2023 Also Read New Headway English course books published by Oxford University Press. I’ve been teaching from these books for years. So if you say I’m wrong, you are saying these books are wrong. Also you should look up the word ’diplomacy’ in the dictionary
mac2210February 2023 Read Advanced Grammar in Use by Martin Hewings
mac2210February 2023 Funny how you say I’m wrong when he explanation I gave comes from grammar text books. I think you don’t understand.
emma_17July 2020 hey when you wants to talk about some thing in present time you should use i am doing that mean i do this work right now but when you wanna talk about something your not really sue about them or maybe they will happen in the future you use im going to do |