student asking question

Why "attending" is used for progressive tense? Can I use "would attend" instead?

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Native speaker’s answer

Rebecca

"Attending" is in present progressive tense because present progressive tense is used when talking about something that is going to happen in the near future, which applies to the Christmas party the speaker is talking about. It is also okay to say "would attend".

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