Will and will be is one confusing pair of words. The addition of ‘be’ changes the meaning of the word along with the stance of the sentence.
Questions asked and requests made using will has is as the first word-Will you be able to make it on time? Will you accompany me there?
In cases of conditions and predictions will is used with if; making it a conjectural statement- If precautionary measures are not taken the virus will continue to spread.
Be it any gender, living or non-living thing, singular or plural, will does not change its form or spelling and remains the same.
Would is the past tense of will.
Will be can only be used for verbs which are denoting to the performance of a physical action. This is because it can be only used in the cases where the action has a defined time.
Will be is used in situations which shall end within a confined time period-It will be a difficult month for the production unit.
Main Differences Between Will and Will Be
A closer look reveals that will and will be can be distinguished:
- Will signifies future perfect tense that is an event which will complete within a timespan- I will go to my native home in summers- while will be refers to future continuous tense that is something which will take place in the near future but no specific time period can be deduced at the point-I will be going to my native home soon-
- Will in a sentence focuses on the likelihood of the action with respect to the performer-She will paint-, whereas will be focuses on the deed in the sentence –She will be painting.
- In case of Will the performers gets the credit both in case of accomplishment or failure of the particular task; while for will be the it is only after the task is over that the reason behind the result can be comprehended.
- Will can be placed autonomously beside a verb-I will swim- Whereas will be requires for the adjacent verb to take the form of a present participle; for the sentence to be grammatically correct-I will be swimming.
- In order to depict past participle while will accompanies the root of verb-she will go- for will be the verb takes the highest degree-she will be gone.
Conclusion
Will and will be are two words which provide more meaning and depth to a sentence by explaining the subjects action in more detail.
A mix up between the two can result in a change of a situation from; in the immediate future, to that of a continuous future.
The consequences of such replacement can turn over the entire scenario thus making it far more important to understand the minor difference between the two!
References
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/will
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/future-continuous-i-will-be-working