Hucky
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Hiya,
In a practical grammar book, chapter on future forms, I came across the following example sentence:
It´s a very good question, very direct, and (not answer) it.
The student has to decide on one or more future forms to go with the context. Looking up the answer in the key it says that the going to-future and the will-future match here, thus rendering the sentences into:
a) It´s a very good question... , and I´m not going to answer it.
b) It´s a very good question..., and I won´t answer it.
I wonder why the will continuous/progressive doesn´t work here.
E.g.: It´s a very good question..., and I won´t be answering it.
I´d say that version sounds more polite, doesn´t it.
In case the latter version is acceptable, if not even preferable to b), how could you account for the differences between them?
Best thanks and greetings
Hucky
In a practical grammar book, chapter on future forms, I came across the following example sentence:
It´s a very good question, very direct, and (not answer) it.
The student has to decide on one or more future forms to go with the context. Looking up the answer in the key it says that the going to-future and the will-future match here, thus rendering the sentences into:
a) It´s a very good question... , and I´m not going to answer it.
b) It´s a very good question..., and I won´t answer it.
I wonder why the will continuous/progressive doesn´t work here.
E.g.: It´s a very good question..., and I won´t be answering it.
I´d say that version sounds more polite, doesn´t it.
In case the latter version is acceptable, if not even preferable to b), how could you account for the differences between them?
Best thanks and greetings
Hucky