What is the standard English of Gonna?
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What is the standard English of Gonna?
going to
Gonna is used in written English to represent the words ‘going to’ when they are pronounced informally.
How do you use the word gonna?
—used for “going to” in informal speech and in representations of such speech “It’s not gonna be easy.””They’re gonna get married in July.””I felt like something bad was gonna happen.”
Is gonna be correct?
It’s not technically correct, since “gonna” and “wanna” aren’t real words. They’re phonetic representations of how the words sound when we speak quickly and informally.
Is it OK to say gonna?
While a lot of conventional teachers and programs teach that it’s wrong or inappropriate to use these colloquial contractions when speaking English in formal situations, “gonna,” “wanna,” and “gotta” are perfectly okay to use in all spoken situations, both formal and informal.
Is gonna a slang word?
They are not exactly slang, but they are a little like slang. For example, “gonna” is a short form of “going to”. If you say going to very fast, without carefully pronouncing each word, it can sound like gonna. Please remember that these are informal contractions.
What is another word for gonna?
In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for gonna, like: wanna, dont, alright, wont, yeah, cant, gunna, okay, cos and gotta.
Is Will gonna correct?
Senior Member. It is not correct. “Gonna” is not a real word, and “will + going to” are never used together. However, we Americans use “gonna” a lot in informal spoken English.
Is Gonna a slang word?
What is another word for Gonna?
Is Gonna used in UK?
Senior Member. In colloquial Scots English, ‘gonnae’ (not quite the same pronunciation) is often used for standard English ‘going to’.
Can we use gonna in writing?
Gonna is informal; you can use it in written English, but it is not normally used in business English.
What is another word for going to be?
What is another word for going to?
| repairing | retiring |
|---|---|
| adjourning | departing |
| going | proceeding |
| transferring | exiting |
| moving | passing |
Will have or gonna have?
The “correct” form of “gonna have to”, though, would be “going to have to”, which is a bit awkward to say, even for a native English speaker, whereas “will have to” conveys (nearly) the same meaning with a much “smoother” flow of words.
Is Gonna a slang?
How do you say go to professionally?
Synonyms of go (to)
- consult,
- refer (to),
- resort (to),
- turn (to)
Will have to or going to have to?
“Going to” and “will” are often used interchangeably as auxiliaries to denote future, so in effect there is no difference between my example at the top of this post and “You will have to do better…”
