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08-Oct-2003, 23:00
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Current Location: Phnom Penh First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | |  Shall
What's the truth about 'shall' nowadays? |
19-Aug-2006, 21:16
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Current Location: Canada First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: Shall
As one poster said, TDol frames great polls. They provide a background to some great discussions and though I'm certainly not trying to inhibit such things, there is a great book out that points us to the truth about how virtually every structure word/phrase is used in English.
It's entitled,
The Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English by D. Biber et al.
and a link to Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/...+Grammar+Biber |
22-Sep-2006, 13:43
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Current Location: Minsk First Language: Russian Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: Shall
 I've pushed the wrong button. I'm sorry |
02-Oct-2006, 11:46
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Current Location: England (South East) First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: Shall
Let me disabuse you of the belief that shall is used mainly in questions nowadays. Or in other words, I shall hereby.disabuse you of the belief that shall is used mainly in questions nowadays.
b |
12-Oct-2006, 04:39
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Current Location: New York First Language: American English Member Type: Academic | | Re: Shall
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobK  Let me disabuse you of the belief that shall is used mainly in questions nowadays. Or in other words, I shall hereby.disabuse you of the belief that shall is used mainly in questions nowadays.
b | Shall we dance?
Let's go, shall we?
Shall I whip us up some lunch?  |
12-Oct-2006, 05:13
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Current Location: Phnom Penh First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: Shall
No, you shall not! |
13-Oct-2006, 21:16
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Current Location: New York First Language: American English Member Type: Academic | | Re: Shall
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tdol No, you shall not! | Shalln't I?  |
13-Oct-2006, 22:58
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Current Location: Budapest, Hungary First Language: Hungarian Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: Shall
Isn't "should" more commonly used in AmE instead? |
14-Oct-2006, 11:46
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Current Location: Phnom Penh First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: Shall
It's used less than in BrE. |
23-Dec-2006, 16:59
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Current Location: Chester First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | |  Re: Shall
Yeah, I'm a native speaker and never really use shall, it's often considered to be posh and used by the pompous. | | |
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