Timeline for Is "shall" still used?
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| Nov 27, 2019 at 3:42 | comment | added | SovereignSun | @userr2684291 Yes, unfortunately, you are right, I have to do it your way | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 19:11 | comment | added | user3395 | @Lambie Well said. The uses Lambie mentions are enumerated, labeled, and exemplified in this LDOCE entry. Another use of shall I've seen is in technical manuals where its meaning is specifically defined in the introduction. If you want to speak idiomatic English, I'd suggest you always try to imitate the way native speakers of English speak it. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 16:42 | answer | added | user79638 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 16:38 | comment | added | user79638 | Related: ell.stackexchange.com/questions/171983/… | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 16:28 | answer | added | Showsni | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 16:25 | comment | added | SovereignSun | @Lambie Yeh, great, just the intended attitude. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 16:21 | comment | added | Lambie | Use what you like. But it is not common anymore. shall is not must in speech. "You shall do it" is: you had better do it or else. But it is not a command. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 16:02 | comment | added | SovereignSun | @Lambie I like to use it in commands, "You shall do it!" where it is much better than must. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 15:54 | comment | added | Lambie | It is, above all else, used in suggestions or offers to help or of service: Shall I open the window? Shall I drive? Shall we go now? or frustation: What shall we do? shall is not a substitute for must.It is also used in contracts: Buyers shall etc. In that sense, it "replaces" must, but not in speech. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 15:48 | history | asked | SovereignSun | CC BY-SA 4.0 |