V vpkannan Member Joined Mar 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Tamil Home Country India Current Location India Oct 20, 2016 #1 Hi, Question: 'What did you tell our boss?' Answer: 'I shall discuss with you later.' Is the answer sentence correct? Thanks
Hi, Question: 'What did you tell our boss?' Answer: 'I shall discuss with you later.' Is the answer sentence correct? Thanks
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Oct 20, 2016 #2 No. Discuss needs an object. (Shall in place of will is unusual but not completely unknown.) Write "I'll discuss it with you later."
No. Discuss needs an object. (Shall in place of will is unusual but not completely unknown.) Write "I'll discuss it with you later."
V vpkannan Member Thread starter Joined Mar 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Tamil Home Country India Current Location India Oct 21, 2016 #3 Though 'I will' sounds natural rather than 'I shall', does it hold good for 'Will we?' vis-a-vis 'Shall we?' also?
Though 'I will' sounds natural rather than 'I shall', does it hold good for 'Will we?' vis-a-vis 'Shall we?' also?
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Oct 21, 2016 #4 In American English, shall we introduces a proposal as in Shall we go? "Will we" introduces a question, as in Will we be going to Disneyland tomorrow?
In American English, shall we introduces a proposal as in Shall we go? "Will we" introduces a question, as in Will we be going to Disneyland tomorrow?
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Oct 21, 2016 #5 The same goes for BrE.
