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Business English: Tip of the Week (31) - 'will' and 'shall'
Hier bekommen Sie einen kleinen Tipp, wie Sie Ihr Englisch verbessern können. Jede Woche geht es um ein neues Thema.Tip of the week
Often small tips can help increase the fluency of our written and spoken English. Every week this podcast will cover a small grammatical point.
This week the difference between 'I will' and 'I'm going to.'
Actions that are going to take place in the future.
Study the difference between will and going to:
'Will' is used when we decide to do something at the time of speaking. The speaker has not decided this beforehand.
For example: Emily says to Helen, 'Let's go to New York', and Helen replies, 'That's a great idea, we'll see a show on Broadway.'
Helen indicates that the trip is a new idea by saying 'we'll.'
But later that day, Helen meets Gerald and says, 'Emily and I have decided to go to New York, we're going to see a show on broadway.'
By using 'going to' she indicates that something has already been decided. Helen had already decided to go to New York before she spoke to Gerald.
Compare the following exchanges:
'Heather phoned while you were out.', 'Ok, I'll phone her back.'
Or-
'Heather phoned while you were out.', 'Yes I know, I'm going to phone her back.'
The use of 'I'll' and 'I am going to' when making predictions.
Sometimes there is not much difference between 'will' and 'going to'. For example, you can say:
'I think the weather will be nice later.' or,
'I think the weather is going to be nice later.'
Usually, when we say 'something is going to happen', we know (or think) this because of the situation, as it is now.
For example:
'Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain.' Not, 'it will rain', because we can see the clouds now.
In other situations, it is safer to use will:
For instance, 'Kat will probably arrive on time.'
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07.08.2010
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