I shall be 17

Mark A. Mandel Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM
Fri Apr 13 19:03:19 UTC 2001


Peter Mc writes:

>>>>>
"The Rule" about shall-will
     [...]
never interrupted my
natural usage, where "shall" is confined to questions asking for direction
or guidance, e.g., "Shall we go to a concert, or would you prefer a movie?"
<<<<<

Right, (Sigh.) I have that too, and forgot about it in my certification of
legal death for US colloquial "shall".

-- Mark



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