What is the difference between "heading to" and "heading for"?
The plane is heading for Dubai at the moment, and will turn towards Cairo once it clears the English Channel. Lots of people have given similar answers. Hopefully these examples illustrate the point in a way which clarifies any confusion.
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2014年12月10日 · Use "to" when the action is going to a specific place. Use "toward" when the action is going in that general direction. In your first sentence, the reader understands that Sylvia and her companion are heading specifically and directly for the entrance.
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2018年4月3日 · In other words, headed makes the direction topical, while heading describes the motion toward it. Soon, the train had left the city behind and was heading south. When we arrived in Philly, they divided the train as a portion was headed …
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2017年11月27日 · For example, "He was always heading to the city". Here, the past progressive form means that he was often traveling toward the city- whether or not he got there is again unknown. Without context, one only knows that the action of heading to a city started and was in the process of happening at the time referenced by the speaker.
"Where we headed?" or "Where we heading?"; which one is correct?
2014年9月8日 · which would mean headed means heading, so to speak, so, as far as official things go, I cannot say, but I still stick with "heading" over "headed" when it comes to talking about the present, and headed when talking about the past.
"Headed in the right direction" or "heading in the right direction"?
2011年6月20日 · "Heading in the right direction" is a progressive tense usage, and is used to indicate something happening right now. i.e. John is heading in the right direction or John is doing it as I am talking. They are used to mean different things, as in indicating the time it occurred, so some distinction should be noted here.
Is it correct to say "I am heading off" when I am about to leave?
2013年5月24日 · Heading suggests (a direction towards) a destination. – Kris. Commented May 24, 2013 at 12:24. Add a ...
word choice - End of the sentence: "heading" or "heading to"?
2015年5月14日 · I have a speech to give at the theater, so that's where I'm heading to. This uses preposition stranding, and could be rephrased as. I'm heading to the theater because I have a speech to give there. Note that "I'm heading" is the subject and verb of the sentence, and "to" is the preposition which joins the object of the sentence "theater".
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2020年12月30日 · We could head towards the bar. This is not a strict grammatical difference. It's just the way these words are generally used. 'We could head to the bar' is equally acceptable, but, like I said, the 'to' there is meant to denote a direction.
grammar - "To be headed for" and "To be headed over to"
@FumbleFingers I guess it represents our desire to live in the moment. To me, the difference would be: I'm heading over there (right now). I'm headed over there (after I finish eating). But, this distinction doesn't hold up for me when using headed for or heading for. Those mean right now unless specifically modified. –