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Andrey Nechaev Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Do you use a verb "shall" in everyday English?

For example:
I shall have worked by tomorrow.
or
I will have worked by tomorrow.

And one more question.
Do we need to put "has" in future perfect tense.

For example:
She will have planted roses tomorrow.
or
She will has planted roses tomorrow.
  

Top answer

I will have worked five hours of overtime by tomorrow. ) '"Shall" is not used in everyday English, except in polite invitational questions, eg. " Andrey Nechaev Do we need to put "has" in future perfect tense.

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  • I will have worked five hours of overtime by tomorrow.
  • ) '"Shall" is not used in everyday English, except in polite invitational questions, eg.
  • " Andrey Nechaev Do we need to put "has" in future perfect tense.
  • No, use the base form of the verb (have).
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I will have worked five hours of overtime by tomorrow. (You need to have a specific accomplishment for the future perfect.)
'"Shall" is not used in everyday English, except in polite invitational questions, eg. "Shall we go now?"
Andrey NechaevDo we need to put "has" in future perfect tense.
No, use the base form of the verb (have).
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Oh, thanks a lot for vast answer.

I will have worked five hours of overtime by tomorrow. (You need to have a specific accomplishment for the future perfect.)
Or for example he will have worked until 3 o'clock by tomorrow. Is that right?
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You will still find a few speakers of BrE of my generation (not quite a young as we used to be) who use 'shall' for future certainty with the first person singular and plural. I do my best to avoid it when I am with learners, because 'will' is used by most speakers of BrE and, as far as I know, by all speakers of North American English.
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Andrey NechaevOr for example he will have worked until 3 o'clock by tomorrow. Is that right?
That does not make sense. You have 3 o'clock and tomorrow as a time phrase. It is contradictory.
The future perfect has one time phrase, and that is some future time.

He will have sold 500 widgets by [ 3 o'clock / tomorrow / the end of the month / the tim
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Andrey NechaevDo you use the verb "shall" in everyday English?
No. In fact, the last time I used "shall" in everyday conversation was 29 years ago.
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May we ask what happened 29 years ago that makes you so clear on the length of time?
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I don't know. The only thing in my diary is "Used 'shall' today".

CJ
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fivejedjonYou will still find a few speakers of BrE of my generation (not quite a young as we used to be) who use 'shall' for future certainty with the first person singular and plural. I do my best to avoid it when I am with learners, because 'will' is used by most speakers of BrE and, as far as I know, by all speakers of North American English.
I was confuse
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CalifJim Andrey NechaevDo you use the verb "shall" in everyday English?No. In fact, the last time I used "shall" in everyday conversation was 29 years ago. CJ
Thanks for answer and for highlighted mistake =)
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