Are you not planning going to the pub this evening?
Don't you plan going to the pub this evening?
Which sentence would a native speaker use? I am not sure whether the continuous form is possible.
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present-continuous
Best Answer
We can express intention more simply:
If you want to use "planning":
Yes, the continuous is idiomatic, but with planning on or planning + marked infinitive.
P.S. If you want to imply that there is some doubt about the person going to the pub, which is surprising to you, you can use the negative form of the question, but the continuous, planning, is unaffected by that:
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