shall vs will

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dear teachers,

when to use shall and will?

thanks!

[Yankee]

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You could get along quite nicely in the US without ever using the word 'shall'.

Basically, the word 'shall' is not used to build a future tense in American English -- we simply use 'will'.

In American English, we tend to use 'shall' mainly to make a suggestion in the form of a question ("Shall we go?"), or possibly to offer to do something (also in the form of a question: "Shall I help you with that?"). The use of the word 'shall' also exists in a few fixed phrases, and you'll occasionally find it in used in legal texts.

You would have to ask a Brit about the British usage of 'shall'.

If you do a search on this site, you will be able to find some previous discussions on the topic of 'shall' and 'will'.
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thank you!

[Jamie (K)]

Once in a while you can hear someone, even in the United States, say, "I will and I shall," which means, "I want to do it, and I definitely will do it."