Timeline for "Will" = "want" and "shall" = "must"
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 4:03 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | My test is always to listen. Really, how often does the deli lady ask: "Shall I wrap that up for you?" And the average customer, if asked that question by the deli lady, would look puzzled and reply: "Yeah, I guess you will." At least in NAmE (excepting perhaps among a small population of academics) shall implies no volition at all, and is increasingly thought of and used, if ever, only as a peculiar substitute for will, which, instead of urging, merely moves the action into the future. | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 2:59 | vote | accept | Tommaso Borri | ||
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 1:46 | history | answered | user24986 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |