Alex
Going + Ving || going + to go + Ving She is going skiing = She is going to go skiing? Are you going jogging after work tomorrow evening = Are you going to go jogging....?
Dec 16, 2013 2:54 PM
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No, not exactly. We use the present continuous with a future time to mean a future arrangement, as in your example, "Are you going jogging after work tomorrow evening?" We use "be going to (verb)" also for a future event, but in this case it's an intention or a plan, or a prediction based on observing the present. The basic difference is that arrangements mean organisation has already been done, a commitment is in place and other people are aware of it. "Be going to go" doesn't have this meaning. "Go (verb)ing" is a form we use for doing certain activities.
December 16, 2013
I think the first sentence is true
December 16, 2013
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