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Belly  +  400305 Sat, 04 Aug 07 12:38 PM

What's the difference between:

I am to come to Helen's party tonight

I am going to come to Helen's party tonight

I'll be coming to Helen's party tonight?0

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milky  +  400307 Sat, 04 Aug 07 12:57 PM
 Belly wrote:

What's the difference between:

I am to come to Helen's party tonight. (It's an obligation.)

I am going to come to Helen's party tonight. (Planned action)

I'll be coming to Helen's party tonight?0  (Planned action. Maybe you changed your mind and finally decided to go to the party.)
milky
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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".
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Anonymous, 2 yr 111 days ago
hi, may i answer ur question, i think it will be fine if u use u will be going to helen's party tonight.
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