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gerardM a écrit:Hi Muriel,

> Will is now plain future for all the persons.
This is true for affirmative forms, did you find anything for the interrogative form?
As I told you, a British taught me around 2000 that in questions, shall had to be used for the 1st persons of singular and plural. I especially remember exercises on "question-tags" and the patterns were: "I won't go to Paris next week, shall I?"
That means this "shall" for the interrogative form at the 1st persons was the rule in 2000... things might have changed since then. I remember senior British people complaining about changes in their language and especially the adoption of the American grammar.

The lines about "shall" in your last post speak about shall as a proper verb and not an auxiliary: it's a different case.

As you know, I shall means "je dois" and "you will" means "tu veux".
I often write about respect and consideration for others in the English language: in the above example of shall and will, we have to point out the fact that "I" (shall) leads to more duties and "you" (will) leads to more rights - isn't it nice?

gerardM a écrit:Hi Muriel,

Thank you very much for your helpful explanations.

In my opinion, this post should me moved elsewere: in a grammar thread or as a new and special thread (split), otherwise it will be difficult to put the mouse on it when we need it.

gerardM a écrit:

Follow your own style. The common thing a lot of people do is copy others' actions because it seems like the better route to fit in, but really, shouldn't you stand out? Standing out is very hard, yes, but you need to try avoid assuming other people's perspectives of you, even if it's not something you would normally do; that's what being yourself is all about. Maybe you like to sit outside on the deck under an umbrella in the middle of the rain, maybe you have different ideas of things, rather than other people, maybe you like strawberry cake instead of the common chocolate cake, whatever you are, accept it. Being different is absolutely beautiful and it attracts people to you. Don't let people change you!

gerardM a écrit:

MurielB a écrit:Gérard, I must show this picture to Patrick !