I was wondering the difference between 'How will you pay?', 'How will you be paying',
Somebody told me as follows,
How will you pay? – talks more about the ability to pay, can you pay for this
How will you be paying? – what you will be using to pay like cash, credit card, etc.
Now, I am wondering, what's the difference between
How long will you stay?
How long will you be staying?
Best Answer
In my own idiolect for sure, and I think also in my dialect, the two would be used in different contexts:
If someone told me about a trip they intended to take to Europe, I might ask "How long will you stay?"
If someone from Europe had come to my town to visit family, I might ask "How long will you be staying?"
This is not a rigid distinction by any means, but a matter of frequency. I could also ask "How long will you be staying there?" but I wouldn't ask "How long will you stay here?" but "How long are you going to stay here?"