I will be absent today vs I'm going to be absent today

Both sentences are correct and express the same idea, which is that the speaker will not be present today. They can be used interchangeably. The choice between 'I will be absent today' and 'I'm going to be absent today' depends on personal preference or style.

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Last updated: July 02, 2024

I will be absent today

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to inform others that the speaker will not be present on a specific day.

Examples:

I will be absent today due to a doctor's appointment.
Please let the teacher know that I will be absent today.
I'm sorry, but I will be absent today.
I will be absent today, but I will make up the work tomorrow.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I will be absent today.

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Tom will be absent today because he has a cold.
Let me balance what I said at the beginning by stressing that there was a great need for Mr Murphy to be absent today as he had to be in Britain on political business.
We're taking turns because Hyo Shin is absent today.
Who was probably absent today, too.
That's why so many students are absent today.
The girl whose mother is ill is absent today.
Finally, and I conclude Mr President, I am aware that the responsibility of the Council, shamefully absent today, is enormous.
He's a senior here and he was absent today.
Do you know why Bulkin is absent today?
It is a great misfortune that Master Yoshioka is absent today.
On this point, I should like to voice the opinion of Mr Jeggle, who is absent today.
I also think it is scandalous that the Council should be absent today and I think that that scandal should make us think more about the other scandal, that of the absence of Europe in the development of the drama in Central Africa.
Mr President, I speak on behalf of my colleague Mr Van Orden, who is absent today but who for many years has been directly involved in the work of overcoming the scourge of anti-personnel landmines.
I admit I am capable of making mistakes, as are all of those who are present or absent today.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am also speaking on behalf of my colleague Gianluca Susta, the first signatory of the question, who is absent today because of important commitments that have arisen in Italy.
Please, fight with us against the Council, which is absent today, in order to save lives and make our roads a safer place to be.
I believe we should call on the Council, which is unfortunately absent today, and the Intergovernmental Conference, which you will have to address, Mr President, to fulfil its duty and its historic responsibility so that we may have a European Constitution by June.
That is why I would like to call on the Council, which I believe is absent today, to carefully study the amendments we have tabled and to pay serious attention to the opinion of the European Parliament.
I would like to thank all my colleagues, including those who are absent today, who played a part in this report and I urge you to adopt it tomorrow.
I believe that Prime Minister Lipponen and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Halonen, who is absent today due to other work commitments, have truly worked effectively and seriously.

Alternatives:

I won't be here today
I won't be present today
I won't be in today
I won't be available today
I won't be attending today

I'm going to be absent today