http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Cool/mjcn/post.htm#61604Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:02:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:61604Jobb0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Cool/mjcn/post.htm#61604http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-61604.xmlA terse explanation!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Will/mjbd/post.htm#61577Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:25:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:61577Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Will/mjbd/post.htm#61577http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-61577.xml<br />'To will it to be so' means to cause it to be so by willpower. <br /> <br />http://www.englishforums.com/English/Will/mjrl/post.htmWed, 15 Dec 2004 09:03:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:61568Jobb2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Will/mjrl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-61568.xml<br /> Will = ? <br /> <br /> Context: <br /> <br /> Not very long ago, how wonderful was the position of the New World where man had no enemies but himself and to be happy and to be free it was enough to will it to be so. <br /> <br />Today American troops are scattered around the world from the plains of Northern Europe to the mountains of Afghanistan and the plains of Iraq in search of a phantom enemy, bombing and killing innocent Afghan and Iraqi men, women and children.