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There are a number of different ways of referring to the future in English. It is important to remember that we are expressing more than simply the time of the action or event. Obviously, any 'future' tense will always refer to a time 'later than now', but it may also express our attitude to the future event.

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The language we use to make predictions:

1. If we are reasonably sure about something we have two options, will or be going to. In many situations we can use both without any difference in meaning. So, in the second prediction we could also say ‘there will be mass hysteria’.

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There is often quite a bit of confusion about how to express the future in English. For example, quite a lot of learners use ‘will’ too much or say that the difference between ‘will’ and ‘going to’ is that ‘will’ is stronger.

Let’s try to clarify some of that confusion!
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