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| Shall I help you..? I offer my help to someone Would I help you..."-- polite Could I help you..? -- very polite. All the best , |
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#32
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In this situation we better use shall - Shall I help you ?[I offer my help] I will do that - willingness- I shall do that - obligation; duty e.g. Mother : Will you help me with the dishes? I ; Yes, I will .[ I do it with pleasure] : Yes, I shall [no pleasure, I`ll do it because mother asks me] Shall I help you ?- - I offer my help Could I help you? - more polite Would I help you? - polite Regards, Last edited by sheena55ro; 11-Jul-2006 at 19:36. |
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| we can use both of them but if we follow the rule, we shall use shall, cuz shall come with I and WE. but shall it had been demolished by the speakers, and they usually use will with all subjects instead of shall. |
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#34
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| 'Shall' is most commonly used in BrE questions nowadays- the I/we shall is mostly found in formal language. |
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#35
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| Shall is used for subject " I and we" |
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#36
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| I'd say 'can be used for I and we'- that usage is very uncommon in American English and not that widely used in british English any more. |
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#37
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| I think 'shall' sounds better and is more likely to be used than 'will' in this case. |
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| i think we can say we will shall return ? who can answer me its right or no ? |
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#39
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| hello are you england? |
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Would I help you..."-- polite This isn't a polite form, Sheena, it's a conditional statement. We don't use 'would' in this form with 'I' unless we want to make the conditional statement I mentioned above. A: Help me, okay? B: Would I help you, hmmmmm, if you were to pay me I might. To make an equivalent polite question to "Could I help you?", we use, Would you like some help? Would you like me to help you? [probably some others] |
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