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Hello! This is Jack from tofluency.com.
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Jack tell us the real difference between I
will and I'm going to. Yeah, it's a
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complex subject with well and going to
but here is an example, okay, here's an
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example: Let's say we are going to
organize a party, so I'm talking with you,
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Lima - I can't invite you - I'm talking with
you and I say: let's have a party... I can
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say okay: I'll invite my friends and I'll
bring some beer. What will you bring? And
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you can say: I'll bring some chips and
some salsa
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I'll bring some chips and salsa. So, what
you're doing is you're making the
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decision while we're having this
conversation
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and that's when we use will. Okay? Another
example is - my wife - let's say. we are at a
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party and the host of the party says: hey,
I need some help. Can someone help me
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cook the pizza? Can someone help me cook
the pizza? And you can say: I'll do it!
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I'll do it! Because again you're making
that decision in the moment: I'll do it. I
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will do it. Okay, but then later okay
somebody says: Oh, who's making pizza? I'm
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going to do it. I'm going to do it. Okay?
I'm going to do it. Because you made that
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decision in the past. You made that
decision in the past. So, I'm going to do
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it. I'm going to make the pizza, don't
worry everyone, I'm going to make the
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pizza. But when you make that decision
you say: I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll make
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the pizza. Okay.
We also talked about the example with
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the party I can say after the
conversation: we're going to have a party.
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Okay. I'm going to bring some beer and
Lima is going to bring chips and salsa.
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Lima is going to bring chips and salsa.
Because we made that decision before so
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it's our intention now to do it. It's our
intention now to do it. Then, let's say
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that you say okay: the party is going to
be at 10:00 p.m. on Sunday. 10:00 p.m.
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on Sunday. What you're doing at this
stage is you can then use the present
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continuous. We're having a party at 10:00
p.m. on Sunday because it's an
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arrangement at specific time and date.
We're having a party at 10:00 p.m. this
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evening. So, you can see how we can use
will, going to, and the present continuous
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with that one example.
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