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Hi Carmen,
Your sentence describes an action in the near future - something you are planning to do very soon.
In these instances we use the Present Continuous (Present Progressive) not the Present Simple.
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| Fri Aug 27, 2004 14:44 pm Why "I am visiting" |
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I got it! Thank you!  |
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| Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:34 pm Why "I am visiting" |
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Does it mean that we don't have to use "to be going to" cause we have "later tonight"??
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| Wed Oct 10, 2007 13:08 pm Why "I am visiting" |
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| Kharisma wrote: | | Does it mean that we don't have to use "to be going to" cause we have "later tonight"?? |
No, it doesn't. With 'later tonight' we can use the future with 'going to' as well. |
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| Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:23 am Why "I am visiting" |
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Mmm.. i still confused with that sentence...
Later tonight I am visiting my uncle, who is ill in hospital.
What does 'later tonight' mean?? I thought it's a simple future... then I am visiting is for present progressive... can we use 'I'll visit'?
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| Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:54 am Why "I am visiting"? |
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Hi,
You might like to look at some material I've written for the site on this point, which may help: Grammar Lesson: Future Tense
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