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Going To vs Will

1. When we want to talk about future facts or things we believe to be


true about the future, we use 'will'.
2. If we are not certain about the future, we use 'will' with expressions
such as 'probably','possibly', 'I think', 'I hope'.
3. The different of going to and will is so subtle. And those two forms
are interchangeable or the meaning overlaps to such an extent.
4. 'Going to' is a kind of present tense. You use it when you want to
talk about a future situation that is already connected to the
present, e.g. because theres present evidence, or because a plan is
already in motion.
5. When youre expressing an intention or decision, use will if youre
making the decision as you speak; usegoing to if you have already
made the decision:

Can you
give me
a hand?

OK. Ill light


the
barbecue.

Can you
give me
a hand?

No, sorry. Im
going to bath
the baby.

But usually the problem with this rule is many people usually use
will the going to. And many people are still wrong to use in real life.
And it lacks psychological validity, when a decision is pre-planned or
already planned.
6. Future meaning is more often expressed by will than any other form.
So, when in doubt, use will. (These facts come from the Longman
Grammar of Spoken and Written English which is based on a 40million word corpus of spoken and written text).
7. Going to is most common in conversation (although never as
common as will), and more common in American than British
conversation. It is relatively infrequent in written English.
Avoid trying to contrast will and going to
This is the approach that was taken traditionally. You taught going to in
the context of planning, and you presented it through dialogues where
this context was clear and where it was associated with certain
expressions:

What are you going to do this summer?


Were going to spend a few days at the beach and then Im going
to go* to Dublin to study English for a month.
Ignore books that tell you that going to go is to be avoided. Youll find
hundreds of examples in any corpus.
And this is a trick to you so you will be able to differentiate will and going
to:
When someone asks to you about your plans, and give you a piece of
paper and a pen. You are suddenly thinking then write it on the paper. Off
course you write with the form will
But when you go to in front of class to present it, you have to say with
form going to. Because you have decided it and youll do that by some
spaces of time.
And if will you think it and you suddenly do as same as you think of. Or it
uses fora spontaneous situation happened.
Reference:
http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/ask-the-experts/grammarquestions/grammar-contrasts-3-will-vs-going-to/146346.article
http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/goingtoorwill/menu.php

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