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- vincentAugust 2019
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Thunderhead27August 2019 In a nutshell, it's a stronger version of the word "will." (future tense of the word "to be"). For example, instead of saying "I will destroy the competition.", you can say "I shall destroy the competition." to indicate a stronger declaration. Second, it can be used in an imperative mood to give out orders e.g. "You shall not talk when I'm talking." Third, it can be also used in place of the word "should" when asking questions e.g. "Shall I order the pizza or the hamburger?" |
vincentAugust 2019 Thanks
kso89August 2019 Actually, shall is an antiquated future tense of will used in the first person: I shall... You will... He will... We shall... etc. Example: Tomorrow I shall go to the store.
To express emphasis—determination—the forms are flipped. So, it becomes I will... etc. Example: I promise: I will help you. Or: Believe me, you shall be sorry. Or, to use the example from the previous comment, to indicate determination you would say: I will destroy the competition... or: You shall destroy the competition.
In modern English, though, shall is really fading out of usage. Most people use it in the contraction ‘ll, but I don’t think most speakers realise that the word should be shall rather than will.