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Hanni9
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Help me please!
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I am rather confused. Please help me to solve this question
Put the verbs into the correct forms:
Be careful! you (hurt) yourself.
I think the answer is "IS GOING TO HURT"
Thanks.
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4 Jul 2012
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Ticas
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Be careful! You will hurt yourself! |
4 Jul 2012
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yanogator
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You could also say "You are (not is) going to hurt yourself". Bruce |
4 Jul 2012
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htunde
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Hi,
How about �might hurt yourself � ? |
4 Jul 2012
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titine69
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Hello, you could also say �you might get hurt �. Titine |
4 Jul 2012
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Hanni9
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I taught my students about the difference between GOING TO and WILL. The answer may be "WILL HURT" or " IS GOING TO HURT" . I am rather confused between two answers. Thanks
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4 Jul 2012
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lili62
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In my opinion, if you �re teaching the difference between GOING TO and WILL, the correct answer may be YOU �RE GOING TO HURT because going to is used to make a prediction about the future based on an evidence. If someone says to you "BE CAREFUL" -I think- it is because they can see that something that you can �t see is going to happen. I hope it will be useful. Have a nice day!
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4 Jul 2012
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Kita19
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Bruce is right. "You ARE going to hurt yourself."
In this case, I think it would be incorrect to use the future "will", because you are making a future prediction based on evidence in the present situation. And that �s one of the differences about using "will" or "going to". |
4 Jul 2012
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cunliffe
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I think there �s merit in all the options mentioned! I would say, �Be careful, you �ll hurt yourself! � or �You might get hurt. � Thinking about it, �You �ll get hurt! � sounds like a warning against going out with an unsuitable man. In that situation however, you may as well save your breath. |
4 Jul 2012
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Hanni9
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Thanks all for helping me!
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6 Jul 2012
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