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pructus

#338000 Sun, 11 Mar 07 09:58 AM

Hi, Gurus and members!

English grammar is so difficult to master.....

He says that she shall come back tonight.

The above sentence, meaning that she is scheduled to come back tonight, "shall" should be changed into "will" to be a correct sentence?

Or, it's just a matter of style and preference?

pructus

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Marius Hancu

#338004 Sun, 11 Mar 07 10:14 AM

Do a search for
shall will
at this site (top right Search Box)

Read some of the threads here:
http://www.englishforums.com/search/shall+will.htm

If you don't have Swan, Practical English Usage, buy it.

See the Modal Verbs button underneath your posting.

Marius Hancu

Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006

Montreal, Canada

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