Contrast: future continuous versus present continuous as future
Present continuous as future: used for plans. The intention is not important. Future continuous: can also be used to refer to plans. It is not generally used when we first tell someone about a plan. It is often used to refer to a plan when this plan is relevant to the main future event in the sentence:
We’re spending the summer on the coast. (Telling someone about our plans)
A: Have you ever been sailing?
B: No, but we’ll be spending the summer on the coast so I might try it then. (Referring to the arrangement to spend summer on the coast in connection with the main idea of the sentence - to try sailing)
A: Will you be using your bike tomorrow?
B: No, I won’t.
A: Well, I wonder if I could borrow it for the afternoon.
(Asking about plans in order to make a request for the future that is connected to those plans)
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