I would like to ask some question regrading english sentences.
1..when you're coming to my house? [friend ask]
I'm about to leave in 20 minutes from university.[me]
OR
I'm leaving in about 20 minutes from university.

kindly tell me which one is right actually i heard both sentences from people are they both right or there is any grammar mistake in it, which one i can use.

Question

I would like to ask some question regrading english sentences.
1..when you're coming to my house? [friend ask]
 I'm about to leave in 20 minutes from university.[me] 
                              OR 
 I'm leaving in about 20 minutes from university.

kindly tell me which one is right actually i heard both sentences from people are they both right or there is any grammar mistake in it, which one i can use.

Answer

I'm leaving the university in about 20 minutes. 
I also need some time to get to your place, 
thus, 
no less than 25 minutes later I'll be knocking your door.

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"When are you coming to my house?"

"I'm about to leave in twenty minutes." We use "about to (verb)" to mean the action (verb) is very close... moments away. I understand this sentence to mean, "I'm leaving soon: in twenty minutes."

"I'm leaving in about twenty minutes" means the person has arranged to leave about twenty minutes from now. The work will be finished and the transport is ready.

In effect, they give the same result: departure twenty minutes from now. The first sentence has more urgency.

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I would say;:
"I'm leaving the university in twenty minutes" or "I'm about to leave the university"; however, "I'm about to leave in twenty minutes" is understandable too.

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Both sound correct to me :) make sure you say "the" univeristy.

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