گرامر پیشرفته: ?will or shall
گرامر پیشرفته: ?will or shall
گرامر پیشرفته: ?will or shall
Will and shall: form
Will and shall are modal verbs. They are used with the base form of the main verb (They will go; I shall ask her). Shall is only used for future time reference with I and we, and is more formal than will.
’ll: short forms of shall and will
In speaking, shall and will are usually contracted to ’ll, especially after subject pronouns (I, we, you, they, she, he, it):
We’ll meet you outside the coffee shop. (more common in speaking than We will meet you outside the coffee shop)
Will and shall: uses
Predictions
We use will and shall to make predictions and to state facts about the future:
There will be strong winds tomorrow in the south of the country.
The year 2025 will be the four-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the university.
We shall need an extra bedroom when the new baby arrives.
Decisions and offers
Will and shall (usually in the short form ’ll) are used to announce decisions and to make offers:
[a salesperson in a clothes shop is talking to a customer]
A:Which size do you want? Medium or large?
B:I’ll have large. (decision)
Wait. I’ll open the door for you. (offer)
Not: Wait. I open the door for you.
I shall contact you again when I have further information.
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