WILL_PROG Will + progressive

Bohmann 49

Definition

Will/shall + be + V-ing — tentative, polite, or scheduled future

Detection Rules

bohmann_2019

regex\b(will|shall|'ll)\b.{0,5}\bbe\b.{0,5}\b\w+ing\b

Requires: word

Normalization

Per words

Sources

  • bohmann_2019 — Bohmann, Axel (2019) : Variation in English Worldwide: Varieties and Genres in a Quantitative Perspective
  • leech_2009 — Leech, Geoffrey; Hundt, Marianne; Mair, Christian; Smith, Nicholas (2009) : Change in Contemporary English — A Grammatical Study

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