What's the difference between the phrases: "I will go" and " I am gonna go"
Difference
The first one is correct, and the second one is completely wrong. Perhaps you intended to write 'going to', because 'gonna' is not a word.
Take a look at this:
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t11091.htm
Take a look at this:
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t11091.htm
Caspian, are you trying to be funny?
My reckoning would be that ~90% of all English speakers use 'gonna' in casual speech.
My reckoning would be that ~90% of all English speakers use 'gonna' in casual speech.
Have you ever heard the saying 'lies, greater lies and statistics'? This percentage means nothing. Did you know that in 1995 there was a 40% chance of being a crime victim? Does that mean that crime is 40% correct? No.
It's incorrect whether you like it or not, and if 90% of English speakers really can't speak their language properly as they should do, then it is a real shame.
It's incorrect whether you like it or not, and if 90% of English speakers really can't speak their language properly as they should do, then it is a real shame.
<<It's incorrect whether you like it or not, and if 90% of English speakers really can't speak their language properly as they should do, then it is a real shame.>>
A shame for you. For me? No way bro!
A shame for you. For me? No way bro!
I wonder how words like "they're", "we're", "I'm" became accepted in normal speech or "can't", "won't", don't" etc.
Yes - they are contractions though, like "walk'd". gonna isn't a contraction - it's a mispronunciation, and no easier to say anyway. It still has 2 syllables.
<<Well, perhaps you enjoy seeing your language ruined then.>>
Not everyone shares your opinion that any change in a language constitutes ruination. Perhaps if you explained what harm the word "gonna" causes...
Not everyone shares your opinion that any change in a language constitutes ruination. Perhaps if you explained what harm the word "gonna" causes...
It's an argument which has been going on since history began, and it was as futile then as it is now, because all languages naturally evolve over time.
Since this thread to be most active, lemme pose a question here.
How is "actresses" pronounced?
How is "actresses" pronounced?
'Gonna' is gramatically impossible. It is two words combined into one - a present participle (going) and half of an infinitive (to). It is not possible - it would over complicate the language because we would have to treat the whole sentence as a verb. 'To have' is the present tense, but 'to be gonna have' would have o be a verb of its own - with its own conjugations 'To have been gonna have'.
<<'Gonna' is gramatically impossible.>>
That's funny. People seem to use and understand it without problems every day despite this "fact" of yours. I wonder why that is.
That's funny. People seem to use and understand it without problems every day despite this "fact" of yours. I wonder why that is.
<<'Gonna' THEORETICALLY SHOULD BE gramatically impossible. It is two words combined into one - a present participle (going) and half of an infinitive (to). It SHOULD THEORETICALLY not possible - it THEORETICALLY would over complicate the language because we would THEORETICALLY have to treat the whole sentence as a verb. 'To have' is the present tense, but 'to be gonna have' THEORETICALLY would have o be a verb of its own - THEORETICALLY with its own conjugations 'To have been gonna have'.>>
Sorry, but languages are not maths and do not obey strict logic. Hate to burst your bubble, but I guess that's what growing up is all about! Now go clean your room!
Sorry, but languages are not maths and do not obey strict logic. Hate to burst your bubble, but I guess that's what growing up is all about! Now go clean your room!