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## UNIT EIGHTEEN The future tense 

## Use of the future 

1 The future tense is, of course, used to refer to events which will happen in the future, as in the following examples: 

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2 The future is also used to express probability, or a guess: 

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3 The future can also correspond to the English present progressive (‘I’m going to . . . ’ etc.): 

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4 In general, the future tense is used less in Italian than in English, and it is often possible, when talking about something which we are almost sure will happen, to use the present: 

