Shall and will
November 25th, 2011 in English Grammar
According to grammar rules the modal auxiliary shall is used in the first person and will in the second and third persons to talk about future.
I shall start the work tomorrow.
November 25th, 2011 in English Grammar
According to grammar rules the modal auxiliary shall is used in the first person and will in the second and third persons to talk about future.
I shall start the work tomorrow.
April 5th, 2011 in Improve English
The future auxiliaries will and shall are often replaced by other verbs and expressions that stress a particular feeling or attitude of the speaker.
February 26th, 2011 in Improve English
Modal auxiliary verbs can express various aspects of obligation and freedom. Note that the use of modals verbs can help in making a request, suggestion or instruction sound more polite.
May 7th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning
Would is the past tense form of will. It is a modal auxiliary verb. After would, infinitives are used without to.
I would like some advice. (NOT I would to like some advice.)
November 5th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning
In indirect speech
Should is the past tense of shall in indirect speech.
November 5th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL
The distinction between shall and will is becoming less significant and is now strictly observed only by precise speakers. Shall is becoming much less common with second and third person pronouns. In the first person, however, shall is still being used to talk about simple future.
November 5th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning
With the first person
Shall is used with first person pronouns to express simple futurity.