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   Anton Shepelev to alexander koryagin   
   Dorothy Sayers on `shall' and `will'   
   29 Sep 22 13:10:48   
   
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   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> Can we put "I will" instead of "I shall" -- all people   
   AK> do it by putting the shortening "'ll" after "I".   
      
   No, many careful writes abstain from this practice, and so   
   do I.   
      
   AK> Everybody understand. So we can. ;)   
      
   This utilitarian approach encourages negligient, slipshod   
   language, furthering its degeneration, which in turn   
   degrades our thinking and expression faculties by way of a   
   vicious loop of positive feedback. No, thanks.   
      
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