The following context is given:
Two friends are talking about by-time. One of them want to express very strong decision of to swim the next year. How it can be said?
My understanding:
I think it is a fixed arrangement. This implies we can use Present Progressive to express that:
I'm swimming the next year.
But how to express very strong decision? Will this sentence express very strong decision, if we emphasize to be+ swimming during the speaking?
Best Answer
As Laure notes, next year can be considered a bit too far in the future for present tenses. However, it would not be uncommon to hear something like this in colloquial conversation:
I prefer using will here, because the action is in the not-so-near future. Will also conveys a powerful sense of certainty or determination when properly stressed:
You can also add definitely or a similar emphasizer to highlight the strength of the decision.
I've stuck with progressive tenses as that's what's mentioned explicitly in the question. They suggest that the learning will be a somewhat involved or longer process, and also leave open some possibility that it will not be completed by the end of the next year.