Timeline for "Have yet to" vs. "going to"
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| Jun 30, 2020 at 9:04 | vote | accept | JQQ | ||
| Jun 29, 2020 at 11:29 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @TonyK "I'm going to be a star one day" means you will be a star one day. This statement is probably wrong. | |
| Jun 28, 2020 at 17:10 | comment | added | Barmar | @TonyK True, I was mainly responding to the suggestion that it implied cheating to ensure that it happens. | |
| Jun 28, 2020 at 16:48 | comment | added | TonyK | @Barmar: I suppose so, but that is not what "going to" means. Compare "I'm going to be a star one day" with "I'll be a star one day", which both express your intent or fervent hope. In other words, the idea of intent or fervent hope comes not from the "going to" construction, but from our human feeling for people's hopes and dreams in general -- psychology, not grammar. | |
| Jun 28, 2020 at 16:28 | comment | added | Barmar | You don't have to be absolutely certain, "going to" can be used to refer to intent or fervant hope. | |
| Jun 28, 2020 at 14:22 | history | answered | Jason Bassford | CC BY-SA 4.0 |