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65 USE OF SHALL AND WILL The use of the auxiliaries, _shall_ and _will_, with their past tenses, is a source of veryoutline will show the correct use of _shall_ and _will_, except in dependent clauses and questions:

To indicate simple futurity or probability:

Use _shall_ with _I_ and _we_; use _will_ with all other subjects

To indicate promise, determination, threat, or command on the part of the speaker; i e, action which the speaker means to control;

Use _will_ with _I_ and _we_; use _shall_ with all other subjects

Exa examples of the correct use of _shall_ and _will_:

Statements as to probable future events:

_We shall_ probably be there

I think _you will_ want to be there

_It will_ rain before night

Statements of determination on the part of the speaker:

_I will_ coo hoain, I proative sentences _shall_ should always be used with the first person In the second and third persons that auxiliary should be used which is logically expected in the answer

Exaree questions and answers:

QUESTIONS ANSWERS

_Shall_ I miss the car? You _will_ miss it

_Shall_ you be there? I think I _shall_ (probability)

_Will_ he do it? I think he _will_ (assertion)

_Shall_ your son obey the teacher? He _shall_ (determination)

_Will_ you promise to come? We _will_ come (promise)

67 SHALL AND WILL IN DEPENDENT CLAUSES In dependent clauses which are introduced by _that_, expressed or understood, the auxiliary should be used which would be proper if the dependent clause were a principal clause The sentence, _They assure us that they SHALL co The direct assurance would be, _We WILL come_

The auxiliary, then, in a principal clause would be _will_ _Will_ should, therefore, be the auxiliary in the dependent construction, and the sentence should read, _They assure us that they WILL come_

Further examples:

I suppose _we shall_ have to pay

He thinks that _you will_ be able to do it

He has decided that _John shall_ replace the book

In all dependent clauses expressing a condition or contingency use _shall_ with all subjects Exao to Europe, it will be his tenth trip abroad

_If you shall_ go aill run the farm?

_If I shall_ die, I shall die as an honest man

EXERCISE 45

_Justify the correct use of SHALL and WILL in the following sentences:_