Difference between will save and will be saving

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 00:42

Hi I am confusisng the phrase of "I will save a lot of money" with "I will be saving a lot o money". Can you explain it and show me how to properly use the above phrases. Thanks Anthony

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 11:56.

Hi Anthony,

You've got two sentences: "I will save a lot of money" is the Future Simple, the other one is the Future Continuous.

The difference between them is "I will be saving a lot o money" has a continuous aspect, which means the action expressed will *not* be finished at a specific time (in contrast to the Future Simple sentence).

Examples:
1.
Person A: How are you going to buy a new car?
Person B: I will save a lot of money.
2.
I decided to help our Earth and drive less. In this way, I will be saving lots of money every day.

I hope that helps. If anyone viewing this thread has some good explanation, please don't be shy and share what you've got.

Submitted by Ajeet (not verified) on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 12:52.

Hi Mark,

I am Ajeet from Mumbai,

Can you tell me which of the below sentence is correct gramatically :

I will be joining on Monday.
Or
I will join on Monday.

and please justify the same.

Thanks.