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is following sentence used in everyday english?
hi
when i want to talk about future:
1-" there is to be a meeting this evening"
and about an action in the particular point in the past(future seen from the past)
2- there was to be a meeting that evening
are two above structures common in real world english? are they used? or is it just used in writing ?
thank u in advance
2 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
you can talk like that but most people say "There's going to be a meeting tonight." (Or this evening) But there's nothing wrong with saying it the other way.
- 8 years ago
Most people don't speak like that
I would probably say "There is going to be a meeting this evening"
