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| Autor: | William Asanome |
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| Data: | 08/ABR/2011 11:01 PM |
| Assunto: | Use of "going to" for future |
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Thanks for the reply, folks!
I definitely agree with you, Dale-US. Not because it "sounds" informal to me (as a non-native speaker, I think I´ll never be able to grasp certain nuances of the English language), but because I´ve always relied on grammars such as Cambridge, Oxford and Longman, in which we certainly find support to what you´ve just said. That´s why I really feel that the idea of using "going to" to express "immediate future" is misleading. Does anyone else have an opinion on that subject? I just want to ensure that I´ve been teaching my students proper modern grammar.
Regards, William
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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