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Le 16/01/2024 à 13:26, Phil Dici a écrit :
> Hello,
> I read recently this sentence (question), but I have the impression that it is not right:
>            Will we be picking him up at the station?
> pour moi c'est bizarre d'utiliser le futur et l'action en cours.
> Have a nice day !
> Phil

C'est normal en anglais, et la phrase est idiomatique - même si moi, qui 
tiens à une grammaire traditionnelle, j'y mettrais 'shall' au lieu de 
'will'.

C'est le 'future continuous tense' - p.e. : in ten years' time, I shall 
be living it up in France  :

<https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/future-continuous-future-perfect>