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Minal Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Which helping verb is mostly used in british language ?? will or shall ??
I willfeel glad to know by some one native speaker 
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The following is from the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language: There is considerable confusion about when to use shall and will. The traditional rule in standard English is that shall is used with first person pronouns ( I and we) to form the future tense, while will is used with second and third persons ( you, he, she, it, they): I shall be late; she will not be there. When expressing a strong determination to do something, the traditional rule is that will is used with the first person, and shall with the second and third persons: I will not tolerate this; you shall go to school.
- The following is from the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language: There is considerable confusion about when to use shall and will.
- The traditional rule in standard English is that shall is used with first person pronouns ( I and we) to form the future tense, while will is used with second and third persons ( you, he, she, it, they): I shall be late; she will not be there.
- When expressing a strong determination to do something, the traditional rule is that will is used with the first person, and shall with the second and third persons: I will not tolerate this; you shall go to school.
- In practice, however, shall and will are today used more or less interchangeably in statements (although not in questions).
- ), there is often no need to make a choice between shall and will, another factor no doubt instrumental in weakening the distinction.
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The following is from the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language:
There is considerable confusion about when to use shall and will. The traditional rule in standard English is that shall is used with first person pronouns ( I and we) to form the future tense, while will is used with second and third persons ( you, he, she, it, they): I shall be late; she will not be there. When expres
There is considerable confusion about when to use shall and will. The traditional rule in standard English is that shall is used with first person pronouns ( I and we) to form the future tense, while will is used with second and third persons ( you, he, she, it, they): I shall be late; she will not be there. When expres
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As far as everyday English goes, by that I mean news casts you hear, columns you read in newspaper and other mass media we come across, almost completely skip the use of "shall" in their texts as if it never existed. Places where we may find this word use may be legal documents, living trusts and wills.
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