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GIVE ANSWERS

Thunderhead27 profile picture 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?"
  • kso89 profile picture 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.
8Avalon82 profile picture 8Avalon82August 2019
More emphatic than "will". Just look at the Ten Commandments.