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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Passive form simple future tense
I shall be seen by him if I enter through the front door.
We shall be chosen to play in the school team if we practice hard.
Are both sentences grammar correct? Or I should use will?
* I usually use shall when the sentence subject is I or we.
We shall be chosen to play in the school team if we practice hard.
Are both sentences grammar correct? Or I should use will?
* I usually use shall when the sentence subject is I or we.
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It makes no difference whether you have a verb in the active or passive mood. 'Shall' is the traditionally correct form for the first person singular and plural forms of this way of expressing the plural in the English of educated people from southern England. I use it.
- It makes no difference whether you have a verb in the active or passive mood.
- 'Shall' is the traditionally correct form for the first person singular and plural forms of this way of expressing the plural in the English of educated people from southern England.
- I use it.
- However, the majority of native speakers use 'will' these days, and that is also correct.
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It makes no difference whether you have a verb in the active or passive mood. 'Shall' is the traditionally correct form for the first person singular and plural forms of this way of expressing the plural in the English of educated people from southern England. I use it. However, the majority of native speakers use 'will' these days, and that is also correct. Indeed, 'shall' sounds unnatural to man
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