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The Use of shall ----------------------- 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. -I shall be there by 8:00 -future action- -Shall I help you? -suggestion- - I shall never forget where I came from. - promise- - He shall become our next king. -predestination- -Im afraid Mr. Smith shall become our new director. -inevitability- -I shall take care of everything for you.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:43:39 +0000

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