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 #2 (permalink) Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:25 am Present Continuous for near future |
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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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| #3 (permalink) Fri Aug 27, 2004 13:44 pm Why "I am visiting" |
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| I got it! Thank you! :D |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:34 am 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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 Kharisma
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:08 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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| #6 (permalink) Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:23 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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| #7 (permalink) Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:54 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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| #8 (permalink) Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:07 am Present Continuous for near future |
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Later tonight I am visiting my uncle, who is ill in hospital
I think we need use here " I am going to visit" or "I will visit" insteed of I am visiting ... Am I rigth? |
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| #9 (permalink) Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:56 am Present Continuous for near future |
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| Lili6 wrote: |
Later tonight I am visiting my uncle, who is ill in hospital
I think we need use here " I am going to visit" or "I will visit" instead of I am visiting ... Am I right? |
Hi Lili6,
As there is no future tense in English, we have to use various forms to express the idea of future. You can say: I am going to visit, which suggests that is your intention. You can say: I will visit, which suggests that this has been arranged. You can say: I am visiting , which indicates what is going to/will happen tonight. All three tell the reader/listener that this action 'visit' is in the future.
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