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Try putting back the ellipsis: 1. Who do you want to fight Benny?2. Who do you wanna fight, Benny? And answering the questions: 1. I want Duke to fight Benny. 2. I wanna fight Duke. Not that wanna cannot be used when want is separated from to. Who is gonna fight Benny? Duke is gonna fight...

1. Wild flowers, such as orchids and primroses are become rare. 2. Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are become rare. I'm not sure we can say that the first sentence is correct, as it requires either a second comma or no comma at all. The second sentence is correct if we allow the...

HSS wrote: All that having been said and pondering what I have heard and read, I gather the "be going to" form gives you an impression of more determinedness of the speaker whereas the present progressive one of more certainty of the result of the action. Aren't I right? Something like, "I'm...

Hi again, I'll try to respond to your questions. Would you say to a child "get your book and I'll read to you" or "go and get your book and I'll read to you"? Either sounds fine to me. Why not "I intend to talk to Fred"? Sure, that sounds fine to me. There are lots of possibilities. You could...

<There's nothing informal about "going to go to talk to my boss". Yes. Although it sounds a bit awkward to me. I'd favour ' ... going to talk to ...'> Would you say to a child "get your book and I'll read to you" or "go and get your book and I'll read to you"? <Yes, me too, but my...

When he returns to Manhattan 1000 years later it has been destroyed and rebuilt three times 2 What

Yes; further to Pieanne's and Roro's comments, in sentence #2, 'am' acts as an auxiliary verb. We use the appropriate present tense of the verb 'to be' + the present participle to form the present progressive tense: 'I am / going to the store.' 'He is / going to the store.' etc. This denotes...

They are not equal. "I go to swim" or "I go to hike" seems to indicate that you are now leaving to do those activities, and, if that is the case, would probably be best is used in the present progressive: "I am going to swim" or "I am going to hike" (however, note that these sound more like...