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Will you go...? or Are you going to go...? #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 29, 2009 13:58 pm   Will you go...? or Are you going to go...?
 

Which is correct:

Will you go on a picnic tomorrow?

or

Are you going to go on a picnic tomorrow?
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Will you go...? or Are you going to go...? #2 (permalink) Wed Apr 29, 2009 15:08 pm   Will you go...? or Are you going to go...?
 

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Will you go...? or Are you going to go...? #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 29, 2009 19:25 pm   Will you go...? or Are you going to go...?
 

Isa wrote:
Which is correct:

Will you go on a picnic tomorrow?

or

Are you going to go on a picnic tomorrow?


Hello, Isa.

Both are correct, and the meaning is exactly the same. The second one is perhaps a bit more natural sounding.
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Will you go...? or Are you going to go...? #4 (permalink) Fri May 01, 2009 14:02 pm   Will you go...? or Are you going to go...?
 

Hi Isa,
As Skrej said,both are correct.However,there's a subtle difference between them !
We use "will" when we decide to do smth at the time of speaking(not before):
-Let's have a party.
-That's a great idea.We'll invite lots of people.
But we use 'be going to" when we have already decided to do smth:
-We have decided to have a party.We're going to invite lots of people.
-That's a good idea.
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