Model verb and future tense

**Tigerboy** · 25-Mar-2006, 02:56

Hi,

I'm very confuse "I'm going to" which is a modal or a future tense?

How can I clarify between them?

Thanks
Tigerboy

**Tdol** · 27-Mar-2006, 05:56

It's neither. It's really a present progressive which is being used to talk about future time.

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/modal.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/tense.html

**smelvanzq** · 27-Mar-2006, 10:53

and you could say i'm going to for things that you had planned lately..

**Tdol** · 28-Mar-2006, 05:17

Or simply intend or want to do.

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