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What is the difference between I'm going to watch the TV tonight. and I'm watching the TV tonight. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between I'm going to watch the TV tonight. and I'm watching the TV tonight. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They both have the same meaning. In this case, you do not have to put 'the' in front of TV, since you are referring to a broad amount of TV content playing and not the physical object you own. You are watching [broadcasted content] on your TV, not just the static TV object.
Ex.
"I'm going to watch TV tonight"
"I'm [going to be] watching TV tonight"
The second sentence just omits the 'going to' verb.
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These are both the same sentence, and are both correct.
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They both have the same meaning. In this case, you do not have to put 'the' in front of TV, since you are referring to a broad amount of TV content playing and not the physical object you own. You are watching [broadcasted content] on your TV, not just the static TV object.
Ex.
"I'm going to watch TV tonight"
"I'm [going to be] watching TV tonight"
The second sentence just omits the 'going to' verb.
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- English (US)
I'm going to watch TV tonight
I'm watching TV tonight.
They are the same.
It’s watch TV without THE
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@kietena Ohhhh okay!! I was gonna mention it but I wouldn't correct someone if they said it to me so I left it. This is a really good answer :)
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