Some times will is used for future tense in English language and some times shall. Where one shuld use 'will' and where one shuld use 'shall' ?
2007-08-20 07:45:51 · 7 answers · asked by pyara 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Generally 'shall' is used to refer to yourself and 'will' is used to refer to other people. 'Will' appears to be interchangeable with 'shall' but not the other way around.
i.e 'I shall do that tomorrow' is still correct if said as 'I will do that tomorrow' but 'you shall do that tomorrw' is not as good english as 'you will do that tomorrow'
2007-08-20 07:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by scubasmurf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shall I/We? in requests for orders or advice, offers, suggestions. How shall I Cook it? Where shall we put this?Shall I wait for you? Shall we meet at the theatre?
Shall can express(A) the subject's intention to perform a certain action or to cause it to be performed,They shall not pass, meaning we won't let them pass, and (B) a command, Shall you go? meaning Will you be going?. Both these uses are old-fashioned and formal and normally avoided in modern spoken English.
2007-08-24 14:32:00 · answer #2 · answered by desikansrinivasan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Will' should be used to show a future, or to indicate that an event is habitual. By examples, "I will go to Europe next month" indicates a definite future plan while the sentence "My kids will watch TV for hours if I let them" shows what your kids' habit is.
'Shall' is generally used in very polite expressions and is frequently employed by people in service industries. Your waiter in a fine restuarant should ask you' "Shall I bring you the dessert menu?" It may also be used in polite conversation to show that one invites another, as in "Shall we eat /dine ?"
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2007-08-20 21:47:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Shall" is used to indicate future action. It is most commonly used in sentences with "I" or "we," and is often found in suggestions, such as "Shall we go?" "Shall" is also frequently used in promises or voluntary actions. In formal English, the use of "shall" to describe future events often expresses inevitability or predestination. "Shall" is much more commonly heard in British English than in American English; Americans prefer to use other forms, although they do sometimes use "shall" in suggestions or formalized language.
2007-08-20 14:57:29 · answer #4 · answered by baxter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While both refer to the future tense, there is also an implication of compulsion. "You SHALL do your homework."
I WILL watch TV (and no-one's gonna stop me). OR I shall watch TV after supper. Compare the sentence: "I will drown and no-one shall save me!" (I'm suicidal) with "I shall drown and no-one will save me!"( HELP!)
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2007-08-20 15:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually 'shall' is used to refer TO ones self and a goin to do effect.
e.g ''i shall not rest till the deed is done''
but 'will' refers to d future or question effect
e.g ''i 'will' wash later or 'will' you do my chores for a cookie''
see how it goes? GOODLUCK
2007-08-20 14:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by ~~temmy.... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'wil'l has a stronger connotation in the first person while 'shall, in the 2nd and 3rd person.
2007-08-21 12:19:46 · answer #7 · answered by jimmybond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋