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Can you help me, please?
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yanakoleva77
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Can you help me, please?
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Can you tell me the differences between �the coming spring � and �the upcoming spring � ?
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17 Nov 2011
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Kate (kkcat)
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as far as I know, you can only say the upcoming spring, the other way is not correct.
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17 Nov 2011
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ueslteacher
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The first variant is correct if you say "This coming spring" look here. I �ve never heard of the upcoming spring, though. I did hear upcoming events, elections, seminars, court hearing, etc. Let �s see what the native speakers would say. Sophia
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17 Nov 2011
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ufuk-arden
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Upcoming sounds more grammatical and formal to me. Coming can be used in spoken language. |
17 Nov 2011
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Jayho
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Hi there
Both are correct and commonly used, sometimes interchangably, the latter used more in formal contexts.
Coming means in the future and upcoming is in the near future.
You can confirm these definitions at my favourite learner�s online dictionary here
You can see examples of usage here
Cheers
Jayho |
18 Nov 2011
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