This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ... will to would in all the complex sentences, changing also the tenses of the other verbs to agree with should and would. 146. Other Uses of Shall and Will.--Besides forming simple future verb-phrases, shall and will form other verb-phrases in which their use differs from the future verb-phrases. Thus, when will is used ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ... will to would in all the complex sentences, changing also the tenses of the other verbs to agree with should and would. 146. Other Uses of Shall and Will.--Besides forming simple future verb-phrases, shall and will form other verb-phrases in which their use differs from the future verb-phrases. Thus, when will is used in the first person, it expresses not merely simple futurity, but also a strong added idea of willingness, intention, or determination. Examples: (1) I will send you a copy right away (Willingness or Inten tion). (2) We will meet you wherever you wish (Willingness). (3) I will send it, whether he wants me to or not (Determi nation). (4) We will not yield one inch (Determination). When shall is used in the second and third persons, it does not express simple futurity, but threat, command, resolution, or promise. Examples: (1) You shall suffer for this (Threat). (2) He shall be paid if it takes my last dollar (Resolution). (3) You shall have a vacation if your lesson is perfect (Promise). (4) Thou shalt not steal (Command). (5) Somebody shall suffer for this (Threat). In the interrogative forms, shall is always used in the first person, singular and plural, except occasionally when in the plural it immediately follows a declarative sentence with will, indicating willingness or intention, in which case will may be repeated in the interrogative sentence. Thus we may say, We will grant his request, will we not? (or, in the abbreviated form, won't we?); we cannot say, however, Will we grant his request?, but must say, Shall we grant his request? In the second person of the interrogative, will always implies willingness or desire, as in Will you be so good as to move your chair a little? or, Will you have some more of the chicken? In the third perso...
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