At 8 p.m I will be doing dishes; at 9 p.m I will be walking in the garden; at 10 p.m I wil be having my supper etc.
Does future continuous tense describe daily routine?
In the above example can future continuous be replaced by simple future tense?
e.g Don’t call me between 9pm and 10pm as I will be watching TV.
Instead can we say : Don’t call me between 9pm and 10pm as I will watch TV.
I have done a thorough search in Google and it says:
1. The future continuous tense is used for activities that will be in progress at a point of time. The action will start before that point of time and will continue after it. The point in time can be given by time expressions or by other activities. At 8 o’clock I will be travelling to Dorset. This time tomorrow we’ll be lying on the beach. (In these two sentences the point of time that we refer to is given by a time expression.) The shop will be closed. Will you be working? I’ll be sleeping when you come back. (In these two sentences the point of time that we refer to is given by another action.)
2. It describes the idea that an action will happen in the normal course of events. It refers to routine activities, not intentions, decisions or plans. I’ll be writing to you again. (I always write to you, so I’ll do it again, as usual.) They’ll be leaving on Friday. You can join them. (They normally leave on Fridays.) Everybody will be working on a computer sooner or later. (If nothing special happens.)
So do you agree with the above version that is given by Google?
By the way your website says that future continuous and future tense can be used intechangebly e.g. Will you be leaving for Paris tommorow = Will you leave for Paris tommorow?
So I’m quite confused! Could you please advise?
Best regards,
Abhishek
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