Shall and will
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title:
Shall and will
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Shall and will are two of the English modal verbs. They have various uses, including the expression of propositions about the future, in what is usually referred to as the future tense of English. Historically, prescriptive grammar stated that, when expressing pure futurity, shall was to be used when the subject was in the first person, and will in other cases This rule is no longer commonly adhered to by any group of English speakers, and will has essentially replaced shall in nearly all contex
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Discussion of modal verbs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shall_and_will
date created:
2004-01-28T20:34:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T14:21:20Z
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