Going-to future

The going-to future is a grammatical construction used in English to refer to various types of future occurrences. It is made using appropriate forms of the expression to be going to. It is an alternative to other ways of referring to the future in English, such as the future construction formed with will (or shall) – in some contexts the different constructions are interchangeable, while in others they carry somewhat different implications.

Constructions analogous to the English going-to future are found in some other languages, including French and Spanish.

Origin

The going-to future originated by the extension of the spatial sense of the verb go to a temporal sense (a common change, the same phenomenon can be seen in the preposition before). The original construction involved physical movement with an intention, such as "I am going [outside] to harvest the crop." The location later became unnecessary, and the expression was reinterpreted to represent a near future.

The colloquial form gonna and the other variations of it as mentioned in the following section result from a relaxed pronunciation of going to. They can provide a distinction between the spatial and temporal senses of the expression: "I'm gonna swim" clearly carries the temporal meaning of futurity, as opposed to the spatial meaning of "I'm going [in order] to swim".

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Rockets need Jalen Green to get going to stave off elimination by the Warriors

The Athletic 29 Apr 2025
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Former FirstEnergy top execs to go to trial in January in Summit bribery case

Cleveland 29 Apr 2025
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two former top officials of FirstEnergy Corp. are scheduled to go to trial Jan. 26 in Akron on charges of paying a $4.3 million bribe to gain favor in Columbus ....
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Bitchute 29 Apr 2025
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In rural Nebraska, it’s hard to find an attorney. It’s going to get much harder.

Omaha World-Herald 29 Apr 2025
About a third of Nebraska’s 93 counties have three or fewer active attorneys, leaving lawyers overworked and residents with precious few legal options. And it’s going to get worse ... .
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Woman Wants To Enjoy 'Quiet, Child Free' Morning—Doesn't Go To Plan

Newsweek 29 Apr 2025
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Jets' Hellebuyck on struggles: 'Going to be better'

ESPN 29 Apr 2025
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'He was going to kill me': Officer who shot Bondi Junction killer recounts confrontation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 29 Apr 2025
The officer who fatally shot Joel Cauchi the day of his attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre has described her encounter on the second day of the coronial inquest ... .
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'Are we going to put that loaded gun back in their hands?'

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Bullard's Rieze De Kock going to state in pole vault

Tyler Morning Telegraph 29 Apr 2025
BULLARD — Rieze De Kock, a junior at Bullard High School, will compete at the UIL State Track and Field Meet for the first time on Thursday at Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium in Austin ....
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