2006-09-26 09:45:59 · 15 answers · asked by nothingness 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
will: definite
shall: intends
It depends on what you are trying to say.
2006-09-26 09:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by I'm alive .. still 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are grammatically correct. The use of "Will" and "Shall" has changed over the years. A hundred years ago the words had different meanings. Strangely, the first person use was different from the second and third person use.
Back then, the proper uses would have been the following if you were making a normal statement:
I shall go to the shops
You will go to the shops
He will go to the shops.
However, if you were making a definitive statement or a command, you would say"
I will go to the shops.
You shall go to the shops
He shall go to the shops.
For example, if you want to go out you may say "I shall go out." But if you are told that you can't go out and want to defy it, you would say "I will go out." This distinction has been lost in the last several years.
2006-09-26 16:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are grammatically correct. Each has a different meaning.
I will go to the shops means that is your intention (because you want to buy something).
I shall go to the shops means that you are required to go there (because that is where you work even if the weather is great outside).
A lot of contracts and legal documents use will and shall. Your landlord will keep the front step clear of snow (because that is what he intends to do). You the tenant shall pay rent on the first of each month (because you could be evicted if you fail to).
2006-09-26 16:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are technically correct, but the normal way to say it without sounding like a character out of a shakespeare play is -will.
2006-09-26 16:47:31 · answer #4 · answered by brooke 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe they are both grammatically correct. In the U.S. "shall" is not in common usage. We usually say will.
2006-09-26 16:48:09 · answer #5 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Victor said, both are correct. Depends on intent.
2006-09-26 17:07:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the past, will and shall have been used similarly as auxiliary verbs for the future tense. The simple future tense traditionally uses shall for the first person ("I" and "we"), and will for the second and third persons.
THEREFORE you should say:
I SHALL GO (for I)
BUT
You WILL GO (for You,he,she,etc)
2006-09-26 16:58:24 · answer #7 · answered by Norman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i shall go to the shops
2006-09-26 16:46:48 · answer #8 · answered by Colette F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will go to the shops cause the other one sounds wierd!!
2006-09-26 16:48:39 · answer #9 · answered by Double A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clarify the context. as in how you [plan to] use it.
either way no one really uses "shall" except for comedic/ironic reasons or if they're pretending to be Medival English/French.
good luck.
2006-09-26 16:50:08 · answer #10 · answered by B.B Top 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are both correct.
2006-09-26 16:47:36 · answer #11 · answered by Kris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋