will or shall?

Question

In english grammar when is will or shall used?

Answer 1

A lot depends on intent, however, the future tense requires shall for the first person, will for the second and third person

Answer 2

first off WILL is a present tense form, that can REFER to something in the FUTURE, but it's form is PRESENT TENSE.

Shall is the same.

actually SHALL is more COMMANDING and WILL is MORE RELAXED

No matter how you use it the FORM is PRESENT TENSE ALWAYS, but CAN REFER to something in the future


I Will go the store (in reference to RIGHT NOW- at the present time I am saying this, I will go to the store)

They are modals( a type of auxiliary/helping verb) (refers to speakers attitude towards his/her own sentence) MODALS also show conditional mood in reference to obligation and potentiality

Answer 3

Shall is used with the first person pronoun I.

Answer 4

erm, both are interchangeable.

examples:
i will go tonight.
i shall go tonight.

i will be getting up at 8 am tomorrow.
i shall be getting up at 8 am tomorrow.

together we will conquer everything.
together we shall conquer everything.

all means the same thing :D

Answer 5

Common, general or colloquial usage: Will is used with all persons (I / we; you; he/she/it, they). Shall is much less commonly used, but is often used in first-person offers (e.g. "shall I start the engines?", "shall we meet you there?") and occasionally for emphasis e.g. "he shall do it".

Answer 6

Shall as in proposal (ought to or must), and Will as in choice or desire.

Answer 7

SHALL :
1.Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense, particularly in the first person singular or plural.

I shall sing in the choir tomorrow

2.Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation, particularly in the second and third persons singular and plural.

(determination): You shall go to the ball!
(obligation): Citizens shall provide proof of identity.

3.Used in questions to suggest a possible future action.

Shall we go out later?

4.(archaic) Used to indicate destiny or certainty.

Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

5.(obsolete) To owe.

USAGE NOTES

Historically, shall is the present tense and should is its past tense.

You have done that you should be sorry for.
You have done that you shall be sorry for.

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.

I shall go.
You will go.

An emphatic future tense, with a sense of must, reverses the two words, using will for the first person and shall for the second and third person.

I will go.
You shall go.

Usage can be reversed in questions and in dependent clauses—especially with indirect discourse.
For example:

Shall you do it? is equivalent in meaning to Will you do it? as it anticipates your response I shall do it.
Or:

he says that he shall win or he expects that he shall win report his saying I shall win, not I will win.

WILL:

A person's intent, volition, decision.

A legal document that states who is to receive a person's estate and assets after their death.

(American football) a weak-side linebacker

to will (third-person singular simple present will, present participle -, simple past would, past participle -)

Indicating intent to perform the action in the future, or expectation of an event in the future.

I will go to the store.
It will rain this afternoon.

Usage notes

As will is an auxiliary verb, it takes the same form in all persons and both numbers.

Historically, the present tense is will and the past tense is would.

to will (third-person singular simple present wills, present participle willing, simple past willed, past participle willed)

To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

All the fans were willing their team to win the game.

To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.

To intend, decide to do something, wish strongly
"Sophia can win the race if she wills it."
"Will You Marry Me?"

Answer 8

I will go to the store.

Shall we go to the store ?