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Why do we say... "I will be back at 8.30" Why don't we use present continuous (I'm being back at 8.30) ? It's an arrangement, right? Or is it just because it sounds weird? :)

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Agree with everyone here. You could conceivably use a gerund, but the verb would be "to go" and not "to be" in order to convey a near future, i.e. "I'm going to be back at 8:30". It sounds more natural to say "I'll be back at 8:30" though.
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Hi Victoria, The future with “will” is used for making a promise about an action. That’s what is happening in this context.
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Julia is right, there would be too many "be", it's normally not use like that. Besides, sometimes it's not planned and a spontaneous decisions is expressed by future indefinite.
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"to be" is a state verb that's not generally used in continuous. you can say "I'm going to be back at 8:30"
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because the continuous form implies that an action is taking place non-stop in a specific moment. Being back happens and is completed instantaneously in a specific moment.

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