Reply With QuoteThe first one. The second one is a question (and an odd one), not a suggestion.Originally Posted by tdol
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#1 06-Oct-2003, 23:05Suggestions
Which is correct if you're making a suggestion?
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#2 22-Oct-2003, 00:25Re: Suggestions
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#3 23-Oct-2003, 13:23It is a question, but there are situations where it wouldn't seem so odd- a couple, for instance, where only one knew the travel plans.
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#4 10-Aug-2006, 21:08Re: Suggestions
why shall? i always hear word will...anyway shall isn't used anymore:D
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#5 10-Aug-2006, 23:05Re: Suggestions
Originally Posted by silver_queen
Hi,
Shall is still used in English grammar :
"Will" means willingness and it is also the mark of "future tense"
"Shall" is used when making suggestions or when I am ready to do smth. in the future but this not my "will" or my" wish".
e.g.
Conversation:
Mother :Jane, will you help me with the dishes,please?
Jane : yes, mom, I will [ it`s my will ; I`ll do it because I want]
If you use " shall" instead of "will" in the previous sentence, the meaning is different.
Regards,Last edited by Teia; 02-Jun-2008 at 13:10.
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#6 20-Aug-2006, 18:39Re: Suggestions
In my opinion both variants are correct:
will we go? - someone asks us if we intend to go in the future
shall we go? - someone asks us in a polite way if we want to go which may be in the future or in the present
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#7 21-Aug-2006, 01:24Re: Suggestions
Good posting!
This is one of the few instances where shall continues to exist in common vernacular English.
I think that the phrase Shall we dance? and its variants will remain in conversational English long after other uses of shall have disappeared.
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#8 02-Sep-2006, 05:42Re: Suggestions
Helllooooo.........
if u say "will we go?" here it's a question when you are not sure whether you'll go or not and the answer is with Yes or NO
Shall we go? here you are 100% sure that you will go but you suggest for the listener to go at this moment....
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#9 27-Oct-2006, 20:54Re: Suggestions
the first one becuase we might go and it has stronger meaning than the other one.
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#10 20-Feb-2007, 12:04Re: Suggestions
although I wrote 'shall ' I do hear Scots say 'will' when other anglophones would say 'shall'
