"I expect to gradutate" or "I will graduate"

[nq:1]Which is preferable in a resume cover letter? 1. I expect to graduate from high school in June, 2006. 2. I will graduate from high school in June, 2006.[/nq]
"I expect to" seems to imply the possibility that you will not graduate. Say "I will".

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[nq:1]Which is preferable in a resume cover letter? 1. I expect to graduate from high school in June, 2006. 2. I will graduate from high school in June, 2006.[/nq]
Both of these seem to be OK to me. Putting them together makes number 1 sound more modest, but without seeing that, number 2 is unexceptional, unless your marks are consistently low and you are in real danger o

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[nq:2]Which is preferable in a resume cover letter? 1. I ... 2. I will graduate from high school in June, 2006.[/nq]
[nq:1]Both of these seem to be OK to me. Putting them together makes number 1 sound more modest, but without seeing that, number 2 is unexceptional, unless your marks are consistently low and you are in real danger of failing to graduate.[/nq]

[nq:2]Scout typed thus: Both of these seem to be OK ... and you are in real danger of failing to graduate.[/nq]
[nq:1]About no.2 - I feel uncomfortable with "will" here. "Shall" comes more naturally.[/nq]
My own feelings are exactly opposite. "Shall" might make a potential employer think the applicant is not quite in touch with how things go 'round here.

[nq:2]About no.2 - I feel uncomfortable with "will" here. "Shall" comes more naturally.[/nq]
[nq:1]My own feelings are exactly opposite. "Shall" might make a potential employer think the applicant is not quite in touch with how things go 'round here.[/nq]
I recommend using "will" in the US. I can't imagine any prospective employer thinking the worse of you for not using "shall." "Shall" is

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[nq:2]Which is preferable in a resume cover letter? 1. I expect to graduate from high school in June, 2006.[/nq]
This is the better attitude to have normally, I think, because it reminds one that he is not in full control of what happens.
[nq:2]2. I will graduate from high school in June, 2006.[/nq]
[nq:1]Both of these seem to be OK to me. Putting them

[nq:1]I recommend using "will" in the US. I can't imagine any prospective employer thinking the worse of you for not using "shall." "Shall" is more likely in the UK, but I'm an American and can't tell you whether it's preferable to "will."[/nq]
In the first person, "will" indicates "I am resolved," whereas "shall" indicates a simple, matter-of-fact description of the future. In second or third

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[nq:2]About no.2 - I feel uncomfortable with "will" here. "Shall" comes more naturally.[/nq]
[nq:1]My own feelings are exactly opposite. "Shall" might make a potential employer think the applicant is not quite in touch with how things go 'round here.[/nq]
Is this a Pondian difference, or generational? (I'm 71, English.)

[nq:1](discussing "2. I will graduate from high school in June, 2006."[/nq]
[nq:2]My own feelings are exactly opposite. "Shall" might make a ... not quite in touch with how things go 'round here.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is this a Pondian difference, or generational? (I'm 71, English.) "Will", in the first person, seems the wrong verb here, ... first person, makes a simple prediction. But perhaps that's

[nq:1]I suspect that the differences between "shall" and "will" have beenblurred. Some dialects might retain it (one way round or ... English and Scottish meanings of shalland will; and which I should use, and when. His reply was brief: "Will. Always."[/nq]
Fowler long ago commented on the characteristic Scottish usage for "shall" and "will", but observed that both words were heard in Scotland