| - | * ''Gonna'' is a very common pronunciation of the phrase "''going to''", meaning ''will'', as in "''I '''will''' run.''" ''Gonna'' is never used to pronounce "''going to''" when it is used in the context of physically moving to another location, as in "''I am '''going to''' the mall.''" | + | * This spelling, like any eye dialect spelling, risks appearing condescending. Even when {{term|going to|lang=en}} has the pronunciation that {{term||gonna|lang=en}} denotes, it is usually spelled <going to>. |
| | + | * {{term||Gonna|lang=en}}, like the pronunciation it denotes, only occurs when the sense is roughly "will" or "shall"; hence "I'm gonna go now", but not *"I'm gonna the mall." |
