Learn English – the difference in meaning between “I might work more this week” and “I might be working more this week”

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What is the difference in the meaning between following sentences:

  1. I might be working more this week.

  2. I might work more this week.

(note : this week refers to 'coming week' or future)
I'm confused here as to why there is the use of 'continuous tense' in the 1st sentence? Do both sentences imply the same meanings ? If they imply same meaning why they look different ?
Suppose: I work in a office. I already know that I have extra more work in the office today. How can I say this:

  1. I will work more today.
  2. I Will be working more today.

Which one is correct ?
Please provide helpfull and understandable answer.
Thank you very much in advance

Best Answer

As the others have said:

I might work more this week.

Implies that you have some sort of control over the situation, whereas

I might be working more this week.

Implies that you don't really have the choice.

can't i say : "There is traffic on the highway so i might arrive late."

Yes you can. And the reason this shows that you don't have control is because of the mention of the traffic.

Also context can play a big difference, if somebody invited me to a party in a week's time and I said

I'll be there, but I might be late.

That would imply that I have control, because I knew about it a week in advance, whereas if I sent that message on the day, it would imply that I have no control.

I hope this helped.

As for your second set of questions, both make sense. However I would have said "I have to work more today" to show that I have to do it, not that I really want to do it.

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