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will come/be coming #1 (permalink) Sat Oct 02, 2010 15:45 pm   will come/be coming
 

Some lawyers will be coming to our company on Monday morning.
Why not: will come?
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will come/be coming #2 (permalink) Sat Oct 02, 2010 15:46 pm   will come/be coming
 

Both are fine.
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will come/be coming #3 (permalink) Sat Oct 02, 2010 16:00 pm   will come/be coming
 

Saneta,

I'm wondering if you want to know the difference between "will be coming" and "will come".

http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic14307.html
I hope this thread helps.
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will come/be coming #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:58 am   will come/be coming
 

Some lawyers will be coming to our company on Monday morning.
This looks like a plan and that's decided already in the past.

Some lawyers will come to our company on Monday morning.
Here the decision is just taken b'cos of something happened now.
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will come/be coming #5 (permalink) Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:12 am   will come/be coming
 

Not necessarily Aphilash. You could equally have just discovered that lawyers are coming in the first example or have planned for the visit in advance in the second example. As Mister Micawber said, both are fine. There may be a slight difference in emphasis between them, but there is no significant difference like the one you are trying to find in order to explain them.
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will come/be coming #6 (permalink) Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:35 am   will come/be coming
 

Thanks for the insights Bee!
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