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Going to

Speech parts

1. Going to - Noun

2. Going to - Phrase

Meaning

Forms a present progressive tense with a future aspect together with the near-synonym 'to be soon to'
I’m going to throw out the milk if nobody’s going to drink it.

Entails a past progressive action that preceded an ensuing occurrence or action in the past.
I was going to cut the grass, but it started raining.

going-to (plural going-tos)

(countable) Promised future actions or achievements.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain. Anthony the Great

I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change. Jim Rohn

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? Clarence Darrow

Remember that you are going to die. Latin Proverb

Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors. Jewish Proverb

You can't claim heaven as your own if you are just going to sit under it. Cambodian Proverb

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