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Help! I will drown! #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:11 am   Help! I will drown!
 

Test No. incompl/inter-20 "Will or Shall?", question 9

The man in the river keeps ..........

(a) calling off 'I will drown, I will drown'
(b) calling out 'I will drown, I will drown'
(c) calling to 'I will drown, I will drown'
(d) calling from 'I will drown, I will drown'

Test No. incompl/inter-20 "Will or Shall?", answer 9

The man in the river keeps calling out 'I will drown, I will drown'.

Correct answer: (b) calling out 'I will drown, I will drown'

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What is the appropriate sentense for a person who is unwilling to be in a drowning situation and wants someone help?

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Help! I'm drowning! #2 (permalink) Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:46 am   Help! I'm drowning!
 

Well, I guess if somebody is drowning they might be calling out Help! I'will drown I will drown! as Alan has suggested in this test. What do you think?
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Help! I'm drowning! #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:30 am   Help! I'm drowning!
 

Torsten wrote:
Well, I guess if somebody is drowning they might be calling out Help! I'will drown I will drown! as Alan has suggested in this test. What do you think?


I don't think my question was proper to get a right answer. I would like to know the sentense when a person is drowing accidentally and wants help. Since "I will" means "I want to" as I have learned from the context in this test, "Help! I will drown I will drown" sounds strange for me. "Help! I'm drowning!" seems to be the closest answer to what I tried to ask. Is this why you have posted the subject, "Help! I'm drowning"?
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I will drown #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:19 am   I will drown
 

I will drown doesn't mean I want to drown. In this context it means I'm about to drown. Of course the person is calling for help and does not want to drown.
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Help! I will drown! #5 (permalink) Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:54 am   Help! I will drown!
 

Hi, Torsten !

I think Alan suggested the idea of the poor grammar of that man who was calling out "I will drown" because this phrase doesnt convey the sence of the peril of man's situation. It just says that either the man promises (or even threatens) that he will drown later or he wants to drawn for some reason.

I daresay that he should have been calling out "I'm drowning"
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Help! I will drown! #6 (permalink) Sat Apr 21, 2007 19:22 pm   Help! I will drown!
 

Yes, you've hit the nail on the head. This shows the danger of getting your grammar wrong.

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Help! I will drown! #7 (permalink) Fri Nov 28, 2008 21:18 pm   Help! I will drown!
 

Alan wrote:
Yes, you've hit the nail on the head. This shows the danger of getting your grammar wrong.

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