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Be going to or will? Is it correct to use BE GOING TO with promises and threats? Can I say “Don’t worry, I’m not going to tell anyone” instead of “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone”? What about “If you don’t stop, I’m going to tell your mother”? Does it sound less natural than “If you don’t stop, I’ll tell your mother”?
2020年6月16日 06:05
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On a practical level and in terms of being 'natural' WILL and GOING TO are almost always interchangeable. If we consider the work of M.Lewis in The English Verb he would propose that the two uses are slightly different in meaning. In short, WILL is a reaction, a new plan, something with NO PREVIOUS. So I will tell your mother is a reaction to the child not stopping. GOING TO, is a form similar to the Present Continuous and so includes the past. If I say I am seeing my dentist tomorrow, it means I made an appointment IN THE PAST (other motives for using P.C. are also possible). So if you say I'm going to tell your mother if you don't stop, well it implies that you have already made the decision and the child's stopping WILL STOP YOU from telling the mother. But otherwise you have a plan to tell her already. So this is all splitting hairs because the practical meaning is the same.
2020年6月16日
You can say "Don't worry, I'm not going to tell anyone".. there's really no difference between saying it that way and "Don't worry , I won't tell anyone" usually it just comes down to the speakers preferred way of saying it. "If you don't stop, I'm going to tell your mother" sounds just as natural as "If you don't stop, I'll tell your mother".. children especially will take them the exact same way. Hope that helps
2020年6月16日
As a native speaker, both sound perfectly natural.
2020年6月16日
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