[Grammar] Expressng future after She is said to

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englishhobby

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Is the following sentence natural?

She is said to be going to move house soon.


If not, is there a way to complete the stucture "She is said to" so that it would have a future meanung?
 

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Your sentence isn't wrong. But it would be better to say, "It's said that she is going to move house"; "They say she's going to move house."
Also:
"She's said to be about to move house."
"She's said to be planning to move house."
 

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Is the word house in this thread [STRIKE]refers [/STRIKE]referring to the mobile one?
 
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No. 'Moving house' simply means going to live in a different house.

It's a BrE expression. In AmE we just say we're moving.
 

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If you knew someone lived in a mobile home and they were moving it to a different location, you could say "She will be moving her house" but if she is moving out of one stationary house and into a different one, then "She will be moving house".

She's said to be moving house.
It's said that she's moving house.

She's planning to move house.
It's said that she's planning to move house.
She is said to be planning to move house.
 
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