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weather forecast - will/going to

• Thread starter Lenka
• First date Apr 9, 2006

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• #1

I was told that weather forecast is told with using WILL:
e.g. It volition pelting tomorrow.
Tomorrow'due south atmospheric condition volition exist warm and sunny.

We can't say "

Tomorrow'south weather is going to exist warm

", tin can we? I read it in Headway...

If it'southward the truth that information technology's non possible to say "Tomorrow's weather condition is going to...", why is the sentence below right?

- 'What a beautiful day! Not a deject in the sky!'
- 'Ah, merely the weather condition forecast says it'due south going to rain." <= why not only WILL?

• #two

It's non a strict rule, it's but that weather forecasters usually employ "volition", because that is how nosotros normally brand predictions. "Going to" is used to indicate that something is definitely going to happen (see, I had to utilise information technology there). Sometimes the meanings overlap, considering if we say that something is going to happen, that is also a kind of prediction.

And so it's normal for a weather forecaster to say, "It volition rain...", simply other forms are possible. In your example, the speaker is so certain that it is going to rain that he turns the weather forecaster's prediction into a certainty. "Going to" very often besides indicates that nosotros expect something to happen in the very near future, ordinarily because nosotros tin can see the evidence already. If you point to a sky total of black clouds, you're more likely to say, "It's going to pelting," considering information technology's almost 100% sure.

• #three

In addition, be going to is used to predict the hereafter when we have already got some show that something is sure or likely to happen. When this testify is not present, or at least is non equally concrete, volition tends to exist used.

• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] It'due south going to rain later (I can run into the clouds building up)
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• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] I recollect information technology volition rain later (It ofttimes does at this time of year)
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Source: learnenglish.org.britain

. . . the weather forecast says it'south going to rain. :upward:

• #4

hmmm... thanks...

just I approximate I'll accept to learn it by reading, listening and speaking, every bit this grammar deviation seems quite "limitless". Although I know all these rules, it's not that easy to recognize which ane I should use...

Anyway, judgement 'Ah, but the weather forecast says it's going to rain' is right if we used "volition" instead of "going to"?
I believe information technology is, I'd but like to ensure myself...

• #5

Lenka, yous're welcome.

Both "will" and "going to" are used to predict the time to come, but "going to" adds further information. It expresses a plan or an intention. That is, the event is pre-determined.

a simple prediction about the weather condition
a. The atmospheric condition forecast says it

will

pelting tomorrow.
=> 'tomorrow' is in the future, then '

volition

rain'. Whether at that place'southward evidence or not is not important. "will" expresses an event that hasn't all the same happened.

a pre-determined prediction about the weather
b. The weather condition forecast says it's

going to

rain tomorrow.
=> Evidence: the satellite map indicates rain.

Read more well-nigh how to express the future here: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses13.cfm

• #6

Lenka said:

I'd just like to ensure myself...

Note,

assure, ensure: to brand certain
[a] assure + person
ensure that . . .

Suggested Correction
I would just like to

brand certain. ;-)

• #7

Well, the forecast is e'er fix up according to the satellite map, isn't it?
But OK, I can understand there is a small difference... I only can't feel it that much. You know, I can feel it well in this sentence at present, just if y'all gave me another judgement and said:"at present, fill in going to/will" I would perchance fail....
Anyway, thank you very much - it really helps me to practice English like this!

equally to assure, ensure and make sure... thank yous for the note! I didn't know I can utilise ensure merely with the object...
Tin can I also say "I would like to assure myself" instead of " would only similar to brand sure" or is it impossible?

• #8

Lenka said:

Well, the forecast is always set up according to the satellite map, isn't it?

Right.:upwards: I agree that "going to" is the better pick. But that'south not to say everyday speakers wouldn't utilise "will". You see, "present evidence" - the key to using "going to" - is subjective: How much credence does a speaker identify on the evidence present? Consider,

[i] It will rain tomorrow, so says the weather forcast. Merely it'due south often wrong.
[ii] It's going to rain tomorrow, and then says my arthritis. And it's always correct.

In short, what speakers say and what the grammar tells us they should say will differ, merely given a test situation, "going to" suits the grammar here: "The weather condition forecast says [indicates] that it is

going to

rain." :upwards:

Lenka said:

Anyhow, thank you very much - it really helps me to practise English like this!

You're near welcome, Lenka.

Lenka said:

Can I also say "I would like to assure myself" instead of "would only like to brand certain" or is it impossible?

Well, "assure" has semantic ties with "convince", then reflexive assure myself/convince myself sounds a wee scrap awkward to my ears. It's more the case that, I would similar to brand certain, make certain that what I know is right, not I would similar to convince myself that what I know is correct. Do you see the departure?

All the best, ;-)

• #9

Oh, you're really very dainty, Casiopea

Now, I can empathize both assure and will/going to...

• #10

You're well-nigh welcome, Lenka. ;-)

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