mafto
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I have seen in many books rules about using particular tenses and expressions for describing particular circumstances related to the future.
E.g. the future simple when the decision is done at the time of speaking or when it is an offer (I will help you) etc.
'Going to' when I decided before, the present continuous for thing that have been arranged before the time of speaking, the present simple for talking about events that are independent from the speaker's will - timetables, schedules, programmes...
OK, but that's just about what particular expressions emphasise, isn't it?
To what extent are we forced to keep to these rules? E.g. if I'm talking about a film tonight...can I say "It will start at 9 o'clock"?
I'm a bit confused by many exercises in students books in which it seems that it is incorrect to use some other tenses and expressions.
Thank you for helping me
E.g. the future simple when the decision is done at the time of speaking or when it is an offer (I will help you) etc.
'Going to' when I decided before, the present continuous for thing that have been arranged before the time of speaking, the present simple for talking about events that are independent from the speaker's will - timetables, schedules, programmes...
OK, but that's just about what particular expressions emphasise, isn't it?
To what extent are we forced to keep to these rules? E.g. if I'm talking about a film tonight...can I say "It will start at 9 o'clock"?
I'm a bit confused by many exercises in students books in which it seems that it is incorrect to use some other tenses and expressions.
Thank you for helping me