shall


a word which, like whom, has come to be thought of as overly formal and stuffy in american speech. in current use, it indicates a very strong intention or will to do something.

traditionally, shall is used as an auxilliary to form the future tense for the first person: (“i” and “we”)

i shall go
you will go
he/she/it will go
we shall go
they will go

negative: shall not, contracted as shan’t.
this service was atrocious! we shan’t be coming back here again!

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