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So now we know. It's advice on starting a business, apparently. Either that, or something by Beatrix Potter.

It explains rather a lot.

Brings to mind Noel Coward's 'Stateley Homes' song where he wrote 'we know how Caeser conquered Gaul and how to hit a cricket ball...' but are otherwise deficient in any necessary skills useful in life.

I want to know what the difference is between:

"I am going to go to the market in the morning"

and

"I will be going to the market in the morning."

It's been keeping me awake at night.

The first is to make it difficult for anyone learning how to speak English, the second is grammatically better and "I will go to the market in the morning" is possibly correct?

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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing

Oh no - that is something quite different. Look.


"I will be going to the market in the morning - do you want me to get you anything?"
I am going to go to the market in the morning - do you want me to get you anything?"

I will go to the market in the morning - do you want me to get you anything?"

I'mofta thMarket, wannanyfin?

The first one 'I am going...' is a statement of action and is only correct if uttered in the period between midnight and noon.

The 'I will be going ...' is a statement of future intent that at some time in the next calendar day the speaker is intending to go to the market commencing sometime between midnight and noon.

This type of statement came up at a philosophy meeting last year in which it was shown that there is generally no logical connection between what is said and the consequent action, and the consequent actions are nearly always what was intended.


Best example of this I can think of is when you ask a child' Can you see the hammer (or whatever)' and the child says 'Yes/No' depending. They answer the question asked, not the implied 'can you get it and bring it to me.'

I will still be lying awake at night.

I am going to still be lying awake at night.

How about this:

"I plan to go to the market in the morning-
but probably won't since I'll be kept awake all night worrying about grammar"

As far as I'm concerned, if it's closing by noon, it might as well not bother opening at all...

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