To be hoping / going to / bound to move house

[abumarkey]

Hello,

we're doing different forms of speaking about the future in class, and we have inevitably landed on due/bound/likely. There's a sentence in the workbook I'm not sure about. The task is to choose one future form that is not correct:

When are they hoping / going to / bound to move house?

The answer sheet marks bound as the incorrect form, but I can't figure out why. As I understand it, bound to means that something can't be avoided in the future. Why couldn't moving house be unavoidable? I feel like there might be an obvious answer, but I've been mulling over it for a while now, and somebody's bound to ask during the class.​

 

[SoothingDave]

If they are being compelled to move house, then they are "bound" now. Not in 2 weeks or 2 months or whenever they will actually move.

 

[jutfrank]

Why couldn't moving house be unavoidable?​

It can, of course, but this is not a question anybody would ask so it doesn't fit the context. Thus, it's the right answer.

 

[Tarheel]

I talked to my usage consultant. We were both ignorant of "moving house" until now.

Apparently, "moving house" is the same as "moving ".

 

[emsr2d2]

Apparently, "moving house" is the same as "moving".

In BrE, they're mostly interchangeable but we'd use the single word only if the context made it clear that we were talking about moving from our current living accommodation to a new place.

 

[emsr2d2]

There's a sentence in the workbook I'm not sure about.​

@abumarkey It is a legal requirement of the forum that you cite your source whenever you post text you didn't write yourself. Saying "the workbook" does not fulfil the requirement. Please provide the title of the book and the name(s) of the author(s).

 

[teechar]

As I understand it, bound to means that something can't be avoided in the future.​

It means that something is highly likely or almost certain to occur.

The answer sheet marks bound as the incorrect form, but I can't figure out why.​

I don't agree with what the answer sheet says. I think there's nothing wrong with "bound to " in that sentence. To me, that's a bad question.

 

[emsr2d2]

All members - Please refrain from providing any more answers until the OP has provided the source information.

 

[Tarheel]

In BrE, they're mostly interchangeable but we'd use the single word only if the context made it clear that we were talking about moving from our current living accommodation to a new place.

It's hard for me to imagine when I would need to say "moving house". I suppose I could consult more people.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's just a British oddity.