late / going to be late

I think #2 means you will be late for work as opposed to "may be".
Just my

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Re: late / going to be late


<be> states a 100% certainty, YL, so it can't be the same as "I may be late for work".

"I'm late for work" means at this moment, I'm already late.

"I'm going to be late for work" means that by the time I arrive at work, I will be late.

How clever! JTT is right.

I think that in the circle that this thread is involved in, Contrex stated this before me. I'll have to check as my memory isn't, ... now where was I?

Thanks, guys.