future continous

[simon1234]

Hi there,
What is the difference among the following sentence?

1. What time are you meeting Ann tomorrow?
2. What time are you going to meet Ann tomorrow?
3. What time will you meet Ann tomorrow?

Tks
simon

 

[The French]

Hi there,
What is the difference among the following sentence?

1. What time are you meeting Ann tomorrow?
2. What time are you going to meet Ann tomorrow?
3. What time will you meet Ann tomorrow?

Tks
simon

Hello,

I am not English or a teacher, but there is not difference in this case maybe with a context.

Bye,

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

Hi there,
What is the difference among the following sentence?

1. What time are you meeting Ann tomorrow? (The meeting's arranged)
2. What time are you going to meet Ann tomorrow? (the same, intention)
3. What time will you meet Ann tomorrow? (Not acceptable for me)

Tks
simon

These two additional sentences are acceptable for me as well.
What time will you be meeting Ann tomorrow? (the answer could be "from 11 to 12")
Will you have been meeting Ann by 12 o'clock tomorrow? (Yes, I'll have.)
Owing to the fact that I am a learner all of this could be wrong.
So, let us wait for a teacher. ;-)

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

Hello,

I am (not) neither English nor a teacher, but there is no(t) difference in this case; maybe with a context.

Bye,

I suggest, ask a question to a teacher. ;-)

 

[Barb_D]

I would use those interchangeably.

 

[simon1234]

Hi there,
Thanks
what is the difference between the following:

1. We'll be leaving tomorrow.
2. We are leaving tomorrow.

tks
simon

 

[Nightmare85]

***Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.***

You should use the 1st sentence when you want to connect several actions that will happen in the future.
We'll be leaving tomorrow when you're going to the cinema.
Both actions happen in the same time.
-> If you want to see us tomorrow, don't go to the cinema.

We are leaving tomorrow.
It's a clear and definitive statement that you are leaving tomorrow.
Not more and not less.

Cheers!

 

[2006]

***Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.***

We'll be leaving tomorrow when you're going to the cinema.
Both actions happen at the same time.
-> If you want to see us tomorrow, don't go to the cinema. That's not necessarily true. We could see you before we go to the cinema.

Cheers!

2006

 

[Nightmare85]

If you want to say goodbye to us, don't go to the cinema.
Better?

 

[5jj]

1. What time are you meeting Ann tomorrow?
2. What time are you going to meet Ann tomorrow?
3. What time will you meet Ann tomorrow?

Barb-D: I would use those interchangeably.
So would many speakers. If that had been the first and only answer, no more would need to be said. However, there may be some confusion as to which of the other posts are correct, so I’ll attempt to clarify matters.

e2e4: two additional sentences are acceptable for me as well.
What time will you be meeting Ann tomorrow? (the answer could be "from 11 to 12")
Will you have been meeting Ann by 12 o'clock tomorrow?(Yes, I'll have.)
The first of e2e4’s sentences could be used by most speakers interchangeably with the three original ones. E2e4’s bracketed answer, suggesting that the act of meeting necessarily has duration, is very unlikely. E2e4’s second sentence is a theoretically possible construction, but highly unlikely to be uttered. The non-progressive Will you have met Ann by 12 is less unlikely. In either case, the answer would be Yes, I will not Yes, I’ll have.


nightmare 85: You should use the 1st sentence when you want to connect several actions that will happen in the future. We'll be leaving tomorrow when you're going to the cinema.Not necessarily

We are leaving tomorrow. It's a clear and definitive statement that you are leaving tomorrow. Not more and not less. Other ways of expressing the future can also be clear and definitive.


Bearing in mind that many of the ways of expressing the future can be used interchangeably with very little practical difference in meaning, we can note these common ways:

1. Present Simple: I meet Ann at 12. A scheduled/timetabled situation.
2. Present Progressive/Continuous: I am meeting Ann at 12. An arrangement.
3. BE+going+to: I am going to meet Ann at 12. There is present evidence for this.
4. WILL/‘LL: I will/I’ll meet Ann at 12. Certainty, or an offer.
5. WILL/’LL+BE+ing-form: I will/I’ll be meeting Ann at 12. = It just happens that this future situation will occur. This is sometimes referred to as ‘the casual’ future.

The construction used in #4 is called the future (simple) tense in some books.
The construction used in #5 is called the future continuous (or future progressive) in some books. This is often used to denote an action begun before a future time and continuing after that time: I’ll be sitting in the pub at 12 tomorrow.

For a much more detailed look at ways of expressing the future, try: http://www.gramorak.com/Articles/Future.pdf

 

[2006]

If you want to say goodbye to us, don't go to the cinema.
Better? No, we could say goodbye to you before we go to the cinema.

2006

 

[simon1234]

Hi there,
Thanks a lot.

Is there any difference between the following? Are they referring arrangement? Is no 2 more sure than no.1?
1. I am having a meeting with Ann next month. (arrangement)
2. I will be have a meeting with Ann at 12:00pm. (??)

tks
simon

 

[5jj]

Neither is more definite. There is no practical difference in meaning as they stand (apart from the time, of course).

Of course, if context tells us that the meeting began before twelve, then #2 will have the idea of 'I will be in the middle of a meeting'.

 

[simon1234]

Hi there,

Thanks a lot.

Is no. 2 also arrangement? If yes, then what is the difference? Or is no. 2 a causal future? What does it mean by 'causal future'?

1. I am having a meeting with Ann next Monday. (arrangement)
2. I will be have a meeting with Ann next Monday.

tks
simon

 

[Nightmare85]

2006

You just don't get it, so it makes no sense to discuss with you anymore.

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

Hi there,

Thanks a lot.

Is no. 2 also arrangement? If yes, then what is the difference? Or is no. 2 a causal future? What does it mean by 'causal future'?

1. I am having a meeting with Ann next Monday. (arrangement)
2. I will be have a meeting with Ann next Monday.In my opinion this is wrong sentence from additional reason ~ no place for "be" in the sentence)

tks
simon

Simon, I don't use modal will for arrangements.
I don't know will I have a meeting with Ann next Monday. (See "will future" in a grammar book)
I use the present continuous with a definite adverb of time for arrangements in the future.

1. I will do something.
2. I am taking you to the seaside next weekend.
3. I am going to take you to the seaside in one of the next weekends.
4. I will being at the seaside around 1PM next weekend.
5. I will have been at the seaside by the 9AM on Sunday next weekend. When you come at 1PM I will have been there for 4 hours.

 

[simon1234]

Hithere
\Thanks a lot.

Is no. 2 also arrangement? If yes, then what is the difference? Or is no. 2 a causal future? What does it mean by 'causal future'?

1. I am having a meeting with Ann next Monday. (arrangement)
2. I will be having a meeting with Ann next Monday.

tks
simon

 

[5jj]

3. I am going to take you to the seaside (in) on/during/over one of the next weekends.
4. I will be[STRIKE]ing[/STRIKE] at the seaside around 1PM next weekend.
5. I will have been at the seaside by [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] 9AM on Sunday next weekend. When you come at 1PM I will have been there for 4 hours. The first sentence is unlikely. If used together with the second, it is unacceptable. The second (if that is what you want to say) requires for the first: 'I will arrive/be at the seaside by 9 am next Sunday' (or: 'I will have arrived', but not 'I will have been').

5

 

[e2e4]

5

Oh, yes.
I will have arrived___by.

I added the second sentence with a time distance. At first, it wasn't my intention.(Anywy they can be read as independent examples)
And you are an eagle eye.

In addition #4 isn't clear to me now
I thought it had to be
I will be being there at 1PM.
but you said, if I have understood you properly

I will be there at 1PM.

No need for being for the future continuous tense?
will ~ first auxiliary
be ~ second auxiliary
being ~ main verb (to be)

???

As in

I will be working there at 1PM.

?

 

[5jj]

In addition #4 isn't clear to me now
I thought it had to be I will be being there at 1PM.
but you said, if I have understood you properly I will be there at 1PM.

No need for being for the future continuous tense?

You originally wrote I will being there which is unacceptable.
I corrected it to I will be there, which is acceptable.
I will be being is highly unlikely. BE is normally used in a progressive (continuous) form only when it means something like 'behave', which is not the case in your sentence.

I will be working there at 1 pm is fine.