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Use of future progressive tense in a specific context: "I will be sitting outside"
Hello all,
I'd like to ask about a specific use of future progressive tense which has confused me.
Below please find the context:
I am at a restaurant and I go to the bar to order my food. There is a waiter at the bar and he asks whether I am eating at the restaurant or taking away. Then I reply as '' I will be sitting outside.'' The waiter then replies: ''Please take a seat, we will come to you and take your order.'' (By the way, there is an available seat outside and it is free to sit whenever there is an available place at this restaurant.)
Instead of simple future tense as such 'I will sit outside' or present continous tense as such 'I am sitting outside' , is it correct and natural for a native speaker to use future progressive in this context and say 'I will be sitting outside?'
If my intention was to deliberately guide the waiter where to find me in a large restaurant while they look for me, the phrase 'I will be sitting outside' would be appropriate for sure I guess.
However it is a small restuarant where seatings outside are quite visible from inside. There is no need to search for me.
Nevertheless, outside is crowded whereas inside is pretty unoccuppied. In order to accelarate my service in case there might be new clients inside that they can take care first, can I stress where I sit this way as subtle guidance and use future progressive?
Regardless of size of the restaurant, can I simply relate the action of waiter which is being ready to take my order and my action which is sitting outside therefore use future progressive? (when he is ready and taking the orders I will be sitting outside)
Thanks a lot for your help!
Hello all,
I'd like to ask about a specific use of future progressive tense which has confused me.
Below please find the context:
I am at a restaurant and I go to the bar to order my food. There is a waiter at the bar and he asks whether I am eating at the restaurant or taking away. Then I reply as '' I will be sitting outside.'' The waiter then replies: ''Please take a seat, we will come to you and take your order.'' (By the way, there is an available seat outside and it is free to sit whenever there is an available place at this restaurant.)
Instead of simple future tense as such 'I will sit outside' or present continous tense as such 'I am sitting outside' , is it correct and natural for a native speaker to use future progressive in this context and say 'I will be sitting outside?'
If my intention was to deliberately guide the waiter where to find me in a large restaurant while they look for me, the phrase 'I will be sitting outside' would be appropriate for sure I guess.
However it is a small restuarant where seatings outside are quite visible from inside. There is no need to search for me.
Nevertheless, outside is crowded whereas inside is pretty unoccuppied. In order to accelarate my service in case there might be new clients inside that they can take care first, can I stress where I sit this way as subtle guidance and use future progressive?
Regardless of size of the restaurant, can I simply relate the action of waiter which is being ready to take my order and my action which is sitting outside therefore use future progressive? (when he is ready and taking the orders I will be sitting outside)
Thanks a lot for your help!
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