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navi tasan

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Which is correct:
1-I am happy to go there next week.
2-I am happy to be going there next week.
 

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Both, but they're different. In the first, you're offering to go; in the second, your going.;-)
 

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Thanks TDOL,
I thought if I was offering to go, I would have to say:
I'd be happy to go there next week.
 

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navi tasan said:
Thanks TDOL,
I thought if I was offering to go, I would have to say:
I'd be happy to go there next week.

That's OK too, perhaps even more common. It all depends on how the speaker sees the timing of the happiness. I am happy now. I'd be happy then. I'll be happy then.
 
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