Adding "oing to".

Position   Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:18 am GMT
Does the obligation/necessity come only from "have to" below, or is it also coming from "am going to"?

I'm going to have to do X if I am to achieve Y.
position   Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:19 am GMT
Sorry, the title should be "adding going to".
mike   Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:39 am GMT
I am about to going to have to ask you from where did you get such a sentence? it sounds strange to me. can we really say that in english?
Position   Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:53 am GMT
Mike, are you a native speaker?

Here's a few million Google examples of that construction:

43,000,000 pages in English for "going to have to".
Geoff_One   Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:48 pm GMT
It seems to me that adding "am going to" creates a greater sense
of urgency.
Position   Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:58 pm GMT
<It seems to me that adding "am going to" creates a greater sense
of urgency. >

But not obligation, right?
Tiffany   Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:31 pm GMT
It think it adds a greater sense of obligation too. When someone says "I'm going to have to shoot you." vs. "I have to shoot you" both sentences tell me they feel the need to shoot me, but the first gives me a sense that they will be more likely to follow through with their actions, and do it sooner than later. Nothing is concrete though.