[Grammar] We go to the cinema tomorrow.

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svetta

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Hello! Is it possible to use Present Simple in this sentence:
We go to the cinema tomorrow. (for example, if this sentence is used in a formal situation?)

I know that we use Present Continuous when we talk about plans and arrangements that have already been made (We are going to the cinema tomorrow.) But what about present simple? It seems to me that Present Simple can also be used in this case especially if the situation is formal and you speak to people that are not your friends. Or Present Simple is only used for future when we talk about timetables and schedules.
I'm so confused... Could you explain it to me please?
 

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svetta, please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
 

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Please note that the names of tenses are not proper nouns. Therefore, you should write present simple, present continuous, etc.
 

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Present Simple can also be used in this case especially if the situation is formal

Think about it as fixed rather than formal. However, I don't see this as so fixed that it requires the present simple.
 
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