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#1 27-Mar-2011, 18:53future progressive emphasize certainty
"You'll be needing help getting your baggage to the station."
Why would the speaker use the future progressive in this sentence? Since a man was carrying too many suitcases, he wanted to emphasize that he would need help?
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#2 28-Mar-2011, 08:47Re: future progressive emphasize certainty
It doesn't seem to me that they're emphasising the need, just taking it for granted.
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