I'm about to eat dinner vs I'm about to eat now

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They convey slightly different meanings: 'I'm about to eat dinner' implies that the person is going to have dinner soon, while 'I'm about to eat now' indicates that the person is going to eat immediately.

Last updated: March 27, 2024

I'm about to eat dinner

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express that someone is going to have dinner soon.

Examples:

I'm about to eat dinner, so I can't talk right now.
She said she's about to eat dinner, so she'll call you back later.

Show examples from the web [+]

I'd love to, babe, but I'm about to eat dinner with Dexter.
I'd love to, babe, but I'm about to eat dinner with Dexter.
(Cell phone alert chimes) (Gasps) Jane and Brad are about to eat dinner with her ex, - who is a girl.
Max, no snacks, honey, we're about to eat dinner.
I'm trying to eat dinner here.
How come I'm not going to eat dinner with you guys?
I'm low on money and I still have to eat dinner.
And I'm going to eat dinner at dinner time.
I guess I just forgot to eat dinner tonight.
Director Choi wants to eat dinner tomorrow.
Unless you want to eat dinner.
And now the guy wants to eat dinner with his girlfriend.
Your hubby is going to eat dinner.
We were supposed to eat dinner together to celebrate the closing of the deal.
We came here to eat dinner and to party.
He doesn't want to eat dinner surrounded by mess.
When I was a kid, my parents would go out to eat dinner.
Thanksgiving... the only day of the year it's acceptable to eat dinner before 8:00.
That and having to eat dinner with a lot of people you don't know.
Your father was lonely and I thought I might have to eat dinner alone, so I let him tag along.

Alternatives:

I'm going to eat dinner soon.
I'm getting ready to eat dinner.
I'm almost ready to eat dinner.
I'm on the verge of eating dinner.

I'm about to eat now

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone is going to eat immediately.

Examples:

I'm about to eat now, so I'll call you back in a few minutes.
She's about to eat now, so she can't join us for the meeting.

Show examples from the web [+]

Guess what I'm about to eat Right now?
- I'd like to eat now, I'm hungry.
I'm hungry and I want to eat now!
I'm about to eat some ginormous proportions myself.
I'm about to eat this edible and have some crazy dreams.
I'm hungry and I want to eat now!
Alex is going to eat now and then we'll let him work.
I want to eat now, not in an hour.
You're too tired to eat now.
I'm about to eat free steak with my sports heroes in 32 different cities.
Mr. Stark, I'm about to eat honey roast ham surrounded by the agency's finest.
I was just about to eat, but I'm losing my appetite looking at you.
No, I'm just about to eat.
Look, I'm with some friends and we're about to eat.
I'd love to, babe, but I'm about to eat dinner with Dexter.
HC: You're about to eat a lemon, and now it tastes like lemonade.
Not right now. I was about to eat.
Now, that walk should have triggered in my body the production of an enzyme, which in turn should alter how my body processes the fat I'm about to eat.
Looks like all we can afford to eat now is pancakes.
I'd love to, babe, but I'm about to eat dinner with Dexter.

Alternatives:

I'm going to eat right now.
I'm just about to eat.
I'm on the point of eating now.
I'm on the brink of eating now.

What Our Customers Are Saying

Our customers love us! We have an average rating of 4.79 stars based on 283,125 votes.
Also check out our 2,100+ reviews on TrustPilot (4.9).

"Thank you!"
Sachi Nakama July 2024
"I have literally been through chat, PI, claude, bard and bing and I got conflicting answers! Thank you! Human intelligence reigns!"
Retha July 2024
"Faster than AI"
CYNTHIA December 2023
"This was very helpful and I personally think this site is the best."
Kaden October 2023
"It was extremely thorough and very helpful!"
imperialelisa October 2023
"7 years without any disappointment. Always 100% satisfied. You guys are the best in the world at what you do. Thank you so much :)"
Zubair Alam October 2023
"In a world of text messages and online communication, this is great to have as a live tool. Thank you."
Selena October 2023
"Without textranch I would be stuck!"
宏祐 October 2023
"Accuracy and fast response. Personal comments from editor. Thank you."
Clh September 2023
"I wasn't aware of this service, it's fascinating and more reliable than standard IA tools available on the internet"
Arturo September 2023
"The fact that you can get reliable fast feedback on your texts."
Vinicius Antonio August 2023
"you guys are better than grammarly i'm being honest here"
ordinary July 2023
"OMG! This is really good than any other text correction tools I've used so far. Highly recommend this."
Vehan July 2023
"Very fast and accurate. thank you."
mojtaba July 2023
"I love this app because it's help to writing skills all of students ♥️"
Tarisini July 2023
"This was exactly the mistake I was looking for, the wording dind´t sound right at first. Better than grammarly!"
Ente July 2023
"The immediate help that I received was reassuring and very satisfactory. Thanks."
priiiyanshuu July 2023
"this helps A LOT for my studies."
kathnunez02 June 2023
"Woow!! I would never have expected such precision! Thank you soooo much!!"
Berta June 2023
"Real Time Editor and not AI. Many Thanks."
Priya June 2023
"The very first thing excites me about Textranch is how much your editors care."
sepideh June 2023
"The fact that texts are checked by human editors rather than by AI, etc. I appreciate this!"
Анна June 2023
"Feel welcome, immediate response, high quality feedback"
martin.roy June 2023
"This is the best app that I have ever seen"
Burulai May 2023

I'm about to eat dinner vs I'm about to eat now