English Grammar - The future in the past - "Was/Were going to" 

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"The future in the past?" ONWARDS AOSHIMA!

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Hello teacher. It was a great lesson and I thank you very much, but I have a question. Do we use this same structure to talk about future plans related to now that were canceled? I have some examples about what I mean bellow. 1) Imagine I am going to travel to Canada next month and my uncle invited me to visit him next month so I say 'Sorry, I can't travel to you house because I am going to travel to Canada next month' But now (which is not next month yet), for some reason all flights to Canda were cancelled. So in this situation I call to my uncle and say: 'I was going to travel to Canada next month, but all the flights were canceled, so I can go to your house' Is correct to say about that plan to the future related to now that was cancelled 'I was going to travel to Canada...' ? 2) Imagine my friend invited me to his birthday party next week, but can't go because I have a business traveling so I say him: 'Sorry, I can't go to your birthday party next wee because I am traveling next week'. However, after I say that to my friend, for some reason, my business traveling was canceled. So, I call to my friend now and say 'I was traveling next week, but it was canceled. I can go to your birthday party next week' ---- So, is correct use the same structure explained in the video to talk about future plans related to now that was canceled? The most important sentences about what I mean are bellow. I ask that because I've found on the internet only explanations about the future in the past but not explantions about future plans related to now that were canceled. 'I was going to travel to Canada next month, but all the flights were canceled, so I can go to your house' 'I was traveling next week, but it was canceled. I can go to your birthday party next week' Thank you very much from Brazil

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I heard some people said when they were greeting other people "hellos,how are yous" is that right

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It is way easier for students to understand the use, by saying: "past intentions" rather than "future in the past".

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Hi Alex I found some sentence like this: 1973 WOULD SEE THE RELEASE OF THE HIT FILM….. is this a future in the past?

Hi guys! My name is Magy, I'm from Guatemala and currently I'm learning English... I would like to know which should be correct use of was/were as a posibility, 'cause I'm getting confused. For example, a friend of mine told me today:" I wish it WERE true" but I quickly thought: is that correct? To me the correct way to say it should be: I wish it WAS true.. Please we need your help! Thanks a lot!

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Hi, What is the difference between was/were going to and Would???

Hi, Alex, I hear my husband and others when they call on the phone and say like this, I was calling about the.... Why do they say I was calling... since they are presently calling about what they want to say about something? I get confused. What is correct? I am calling or I was calling? I ask my husband why he uses I was calling. My co-workers too when they make a call and discuss something, they say I was calling on ...

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