Help! I will drown!

[rainy]

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'

Your answer was: correct
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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?

rainy

[Torsten]

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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[rainy]

[Torsten]

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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[lost_soul]

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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[Alan]

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

Alan
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