Shall I vs Will You

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Hi,I learnt that the Question Tag for Let's* is *Shall we* and *Let him/her/it/them* is *will you.I wonder what the Tag for Let me is.Example: Let me do the chores, shall I / will you?Thanks a lot in advance.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Dushinka HardyaniLet me do the chores,

will you?

CJ

DHardyani · Answer

I see.
Could you kindly explain to me the reason of using will you?
English is my second language and I don't really get why people say this or that.

DH

CalifJim · Answer

Dushinka HardyaniCould you kindly explain to me the reason of using will you?

Sorry!

I don't think there is any real reason we say that. We just say it.

I suppose it's because we can take "will you?" to mean "are you willing to (let me do that)?"

To make it sound more pleading, you can use "won't you?"

Let me do the chores, won't you? (~ Won't you please let me do the chores?)

CJ

DHardyani · Answer

Thanks a bunch! ^_^

DH

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