BE + not going to INFINITIVE – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 26 in the category of FUTURE is defined:
the negative form of ‘be going to’ to talk about plans and intentions
EXPERT EXAMPLES:
The words mean the same thing,
so we‘re not going to waste any more time differentiating between them.
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*This is hard to find automatically because this structure is difficult to differentiate from predictions with present evidence. For example:
I‘m not going to spill it.
listen
If you go to the party tonight, you are not going to pass your exam.
PELIC STUDENT: Korean, Female, Level 4 grammar class
An iWeb search for:
_XX _VVGK _T _VVI
1 GET 20965 2 HAPPEN 14351 3 GO 10194 4 MAKE 9409
5 NOT GOING TO LIE 6469
Now, I‘m not going to lie to you.
6 NOT GOING TO CHANGE 6114 7 NOT GOING TO GIVE 5799 8 NOT GOING TO LET 5467 9 NOT GOING TO SAY 5080 10 N’T GOING TO GET 5017 11 NOT GOING TO TAKE 4558 12 NOT GOING TO HELP 4222 13 NOT GOING TO STOP 4160 14 NOT GOING TO TELL 3994 15 N’T GOING TO MAKE 3737 16 N’T GOING TO HAPPEN 3725 17 NOT GOING TO USE 3718 18 NOT GOING TO SEE 3477
19 NOT GON NA LIE 3099
20 NOT GOING TO FIND 2903 21 NOT GOING TO WANT 2601 22 NOT GOING TO PUT 2399 23 NOT GOING TO WIN 2373 24 NOT GON NA HAPPEN 2350 25 N’T GOING TO HELP 2321 26 NOT GOING TO COME 2307 27 NOT GOING TO TRY 2299 28 N’T GOING TO LET 2174 29 N’T GOING TO CHANGE 2053 30 N’T GOING TO GO 2025 31 NOT GOING TO WORK 1932 32 NOT GOING TO PAY 1880 33 NOT GOING TO TALK 1797 34 NOT GOING TO SIT 1702 35 NOT GOING TO LIKE 1622 36 NOT GOING TO BUY 1612 37 NOT GOING TO PLAY 1584 38 NOT GOING TO SPEND 1582 39 NOT GOING TO CUT 1549 40 NOT GOING TO LOOK 1507 41 N’T GOING TO CUT 1497 42 NOT GOING TO HURT 1414 43 NOT GON NA GET 1411 44 N’T GOING TO GIVE 1408
45 NOT GOING TO ALLOW 1362
This is Ares, and he‘s not going to allow a negotiation or a surrender!
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46 NOT GOING TO LAST 1356 47 NOT GOING TO BOTHER 1336 48 N’T GOING TO TAKE 1274 49 NOT GOING TO WASTE 1269 50 NOT GOING TO LEAVE 1248 51 NOT GOING TO END 1239
52 NOT GOING TO ARGUE 1203
We‘re not going to argue about this.
listen
53 NOT GOING TO RUN 1196 54 NOT GOING TO PRETEND 1190 55 NOT GOING TO START 1171 56 N’T GOING TO STOP 1160 57 NOT GOING TO LOSE 1153 58 NOT GOING TO KEEP 1141 59 NOT GOING TO TURN 1091 60 NOT GOING TO BELIEVE 1048 61 NOT GOING TO SOLVE 1016 62 NOT GOING TO DIE 1006 63 NOT GOING TO KILL 1002 64 N’T GON NA HAPPEN 995 65 NOT GOING TO SHOW 974 66 NOT GOING TO KNOW 972 67 N’T GOING TO WIN 965 68 NOT GOING TO WORRY 927 69 NOT GOING TO HOLD 926 70 NOT GOING TO ASK 914 71 NOT GOING TO STAND 913 72 NOT GOING TO FEEL 884 73 NOT GOING TO BREAK 859 74 N’T GOING TO COME 832 75 NOT GOING TO SELL 826 76 NOT GOING TO WRITE 824 77 NOT GOING TO BRING 811 78 NOT GOING TO COMMENT 784 79 NOT GOING TO CALL 762 80 NOT GOING TO COVER 739 81 NOT GOING TO MOVE 739 82 N’T GOING TO USE 730 83 NOT GOING TO STAY 724 84 NOT GOING TO MISS 721 85 NOT GON NA GO 701 86 NOT GOING TO BECOME 692 87 NOT GOING TO NEED 691 88 NOT GOING TO EAT 684 89 N’T GOING TO LAST 683 90 NOT GOING TO DISCUSS 669 91 NOT GOING TO BEAT 664 92 NOT GOING TO FIX 660 93 NOT GOING TO READ 648 94 NOT GOING TO WAIT 645 95 NOT GON NA MAKE 642 96 NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN 640 97 N’T GOING TO SEE 629 98 NOT GOING TO LIVE 628 99 NOT GOING TO FALL 617
100 NOT GOING TO SAVE 603
A2:
become, believe, bother, break, bring, call, cover, cut, discuss, fall, going to,
happen, hold, hurt, keep, kill, let, lie, lose, move, save, sell, spend, stand, try, turn, win B1:
allow, argue, beat, comment, complain, fix, solve, waste
