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Tell me please if the following use of the future progressive is correct.

If I am using my phone, that doesn't meant that I will be ignoring you. What that means is that I will be checking some information.

Would the use of the present progressive be better? For example:

If am using my phone, that doesn't meant that I am ignoring you. What that means is that I am checking some information.

The context is that I tell students that if they see me using my phone, that only means that I'm checking some info.

Dmytro O'Hope
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  • If am is always wrong. It should be If I* am*. And you're mixing present and future tenses in a way that's unnatural. Either put everything in the present or everything in the future. – Jason Bassford Jun 28 '19 at 23:37

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I would use the present progressive because it matches the first sentence... Very short version:

If I am using my phone, I am checking some information

And a longer version:

If I am using my phone, it doesn't meant I am ignoring you, it means I am checking some information.

If you're looking for future progressive, you should turn it around:

I will be checking some information, so if you see me using my phone, it does not mean I am ignoring you.
Ron Jensen
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