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Why does she say "I'm not going back" with present progressive tense? Is it a right tense here?

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Rebecca

"Present progressive tense" is correct to use here. It also would be correct if she said "I will not go back". She uses present progressive tense here because "I'm not going back" sounds less assertive that "I will not go back".

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