English Grammar

Progressive form

Réal

User since 2008
Posts: 1

28 Nov. 2008

Hi,
I have a question for you.

In this following excerpt from a Gymglish story, the progressive form is used : "she will be holding group therapy".

"Feel free to visit her during office hours. Nothing is mandatory, however she will be holding [ group therapy sessions] once a month."

Questions :

- Could the futur verb tense be used instead of the progressif form: "she will held group therapy"?

- If so, would it means something else ?

Thanks

Réal

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AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
29 Nov. 2008

To my mind, "She will hold group therapy once a month" should be correct in absolute terms.
But here inside the sentence you are reporting, it's about a visit that could be paid to the person at a certain moment. The concern is that the person to be visited could be off, "holding a group therapy" at the very time of the visit. At the moment of the visit, the group therapy could be "in progress".
To my mind, "She will hold group therapy once a month" should be correct in absolute terms. But here inside the sentence you are reporting, it's about a visit that could be paid to the person at a certain moment. The concern is that the person to be visited could be off, "holding a group therapy" at the very time of the visit. At the moment of the visit, the group therapy could be "in progress".

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