Part 3 (1/2)

The following tables should be learned and practiced in a large variety of combinations

Futurity Volition, etc

I shall We shall I will We will You will You will You shall You shall He will They will He shall They shall

A good example of the ner who fell into the water and cried out in terror and despair ”I _will_ drown, nobody _shall_ helpquestions, for the first person always use _shall_, for the second and third use the auxiliary expected in the answer

Futurity

Shall I (I shall) Shall we (We shall) Shall you (I shall) Shall you (We shall) Will he (He will) Will they (They will)

Volition, etc

---- ---- ---- ---- Will you (I will) Will you (We will) Shall he (He shall) Shall he (He shall)

In all other cases, as in subordinate clauses _shall_ is used in all persons to express mere futurity, _will_ to express volition, etc

In indirect discourse, when the subject of the principal clause is different froe is like that in direct statement, for example,

The teacher says that James in the medal (futurity),

but when the subject of the principal clause is the sae is like that in subordinate clauses,

The teacher says that he shall soon resign (futurity)

Exceptions _Will_ is often used in the second person to express an official command

You will report to the superintendent at once

_Shall_ is sometimes used in the second and third persons in a prophetic sense

Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall eneral the same as that of _shall_ and _will_ in indirect statement

Futurity

I should We would You would You should He would They should

In asking questions use _should_ in the first person to express mere futurity and _would_ to express volition, etc; in the second and third persons use the form that is expected in the answer

Futurity

Should I (I should) Should we (We should) Should You (I should) Should You (We should) Would he (He would) Would they (They would)