“I will shall be there by seven.”
Usage Entry 1047 / 1350 60-second read
Shall vs. Will
Old first-person future versus modern general future.
The comparisoni
“I shall be there by seven. / I will be there by seven.”
The ruleii
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Modern English: WILL everywhere.
Historically, SHALL was used with I and WE for the plain future (I shall go). In modern English, WILL has replaced it almost entirely — except in legal and emphatic contexts.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Legal or emphatic: shall. Everyday: will.