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FUTURE WITH WILL or BE GOING TO
FUTURE WITH WILL or BE GOING TO
If we are not sure about the future, we use 'will' with expressions such as 'probably', 'I
think', ‘maybe’.
If you are making a future prediction in general or just talking about general facts in
the future, use ‘will’.
But if you are making a future prediction based on clear present evidence, use
'going to'.
There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It's going to be another warm day.
Look at the size of that line! We're not going to get in for hours.
The traffic is terrible. We're going to miss our flight.
Be careful! You're going to spill your coffee.
At the moment of making a decision – if you didn’t make plans before –, use 'will'.
But if you have made the decision before – you had a plan before the conversation
–, talk about it using 'going to'.