Timeline for If so, I **will give/ going to give/ am giving** you 5 months
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Jul 1 at 14:32 | comment | added | LE123 | Are there any differences between these 3 versions? | |
Jun 21 at 0:40 | comment | added | Seowjooheng Singapore | These two are fine too as I've said in my original answer. | |
Jun 20 at 16:32 | comment | added | LE123 | If I used other form ( “going to give “ or “ am giving”, would it sound weird and unnatural? | |
Jun 20 at 14:47 | comment | added | Seowjooheng Singapore | Thanks, @Kate Bunting. I have incorporated your comments in my answer. | |
Jun 20 at 14:46 | history | edited | Seowjooheng Singapore | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Jun 20 at 13:30 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | All three are grammatically correct but, as I indicated in my earlier comment, "If so... I will give" is the most natural. | |
Jun 19 at 3:44 | comment | added | LE123 | @SeowjoohengSingapore my grammar books say that with decisions decided on the spot, we should use “will”. So I thì k that in this example we shoul use “will” too. Is it right? But you advised that 3 forms are good to use. | |
Jun 16 at 13:05 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | To me, I am giving would be more natural if B had already planned to extend the deadline. "If so" suggests that it's a decision B has made on the spot in response to A's announcement. | |
Jun 16 at 11:34 | history | edited | Seowjooheng Singapore | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Jun 16 at 11:26 | comment | added | Seowjooheng Singapore | Thanks, @Michael Harvey. You're right. | |
Jun 16 at 11:25 | history | edited | Seowjooheng Singapore | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
changed ''5' to 'five'
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Jun 16 at 10:03 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | I prefer 'five' to '5' in anything more formal than a jotted note or text message. | |
Jun 16 at 9:17 | history | answered | Seowjooheng Singapore | CC BY-SA 4.0 |