[Grammar] will be waiting

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shibli.aftab

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1. I will be waiting for you.
2. I will wait for you.

What are the differences in meaning of the above sentence? Which situation we use that in?
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mtreadaway

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Hi Shibli,

Without the wider context it is difficult to know exactly what the differences in meaning are, but in general, sentence one describes an action in progress at a specific future time e.g., I'll be waiting for you outside the cinema at 7.30pm. We sometimes use future continuous to describe something that happens as a result of an arrangement or a normal routine e.g., Speaker A: After the plane lands, I''l be waiting for you in the arrivals lounge (used as an arrangement) or Speaker A: What are you doing tonight? Speaker B: I'll be training at the gym (= I always train at the gym; it's my normal routine).

Sentence two is probably just future simple used to express a decision made at the moment of speaking e.g., Speaker A: I'll pick you up after work. Speaker B: OK. I'll wait for you outside. See you later.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Maria
 
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