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Insidelight Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
"WILL" usage
Hi. I want to ask you because I have trouble with a page that I´ve read about talking about the future.
They say:
We can use will and shall to talk about things we are sure will happen, eg. Exports will continue to rise over the next few months. Adding really, most certainly we emphasise our certainty. But they also say that we can express doubt by adding presumably, probably:eg, You probably won´t like their new single.
They say that using may, might and could we are talking about things that are possible to happen and would to those that are very unlikely to happen. But in other paragrpah, they say :
However, we can use will if other words in the sentence show that something is unlikely, eg, I doubt if we´ll ever again experience a winter quite cold as this one. The situation, stress and intonation, and other words we use in the statements can affect the degree of probability more than the modal itself.
I´m rather confused about this so I´d like to ask about the right and common usage of "will" as a modal and some examples to understand it-
Thanks a lot- Yours truly.
They say:
We can use will and shall to talk about things we are sure will happen, eg. Exports will continue to rise over the next few months. Adding really, most certainly we emphasise our certainty. But they also say that we can express doubt by adding presumably, probably:eg, You probably won´t like their new single.
They say that using may, might and could we are talking about things that are possible to happen and would to those that are very unlikely to happen. But in other paragrpah, they say :
However, we can use will if other words in the sentence show that something is unlikely, eg, I doubt if we´ll ever again experience a winter quite cold as this one. The situation, stress and intonation, and other words we use in the statements can affect the degree of probability more than the modal itself.
I´m rather confused about this so I´d like to ask about the right and common usage of "will" as a modal and some examples to understand it-
Thanks a lot- Yours truly.
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insidelight the right and common usage of "will" as a modal and some examples to understand it- That's exactly what your book is telling you. It is telling you the correct and common usage of "will" (as a modal). All the examples given in your book are correct.
- insidelight the right and common usage of "will" as a modal and some examples to understand it- That's exactly what your book is telling you.
- It is telling you the correct and common usage of "will" (as a modal).
- All the examples given in your book are correct.
- ", thereby showing you various usages of "will".
- You can use "will" in all the ways shown there.
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insidelightthe right and common usage of "will" as a modal and some examples to understand it-That's exactly what your book is telling you. It is telling you the correct and common usage of "will" (as a modal). All the examples given in your book are correct.
They say "We can ...", "We can ...", "We can ...", thereby showing yo
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THANKS! iT´S OK. But if they say that we use may, might for those things that are possible to happen and will for the things that we are sure to happen, in this example that they give:
You won´t probably like their new single
Wouldn´t it be?: You mightn´t like their new single
Excuse me, but I cannot see it clear, as clear as you do.
Thanks
You won´t probably like their new single
Wouldn´t it be?: You mightn´t like their new single
Excuse me, but I cannot see it clear, as clear as you do.
Thanks
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insidelightYouThat sentence means that the speaker is relatively sure about the other person's (future) dislike of the single.won´tprobably won't like their new single
insidelightWouldn´t it be?: Youmightn´tmigh
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insidelight... if they say that we use may, might for those things that are possible to happen and will for the things that we are sure to happen, in this example that they give:The book is telling you this:
You won´t probably like their new single
Wouldn´t it be?: You mightn´t like their new single.
You won't like
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Oh, yes, I can see it now. By adding the adverb the usage of will is similar, but not exactly the same, as may or might.
I´m very thanked for all the answers. I´m learning!
Keep in touch! tHANKS.[Y]
I´m very thanked for all the answers. I´m learning!
Keep in touch! tHANKS.[Y]
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