...for the same reason. II. The assertions of Mr. Murrny, Dr. Webster, and other grammarians, that shall in the first person simply foretells ; in the second and third persons, promises, commands, or threatens ; and that witt in the second and third persons, only foretells, should...

...person intimates resoln tion or promising ; in the second person, only foretells ; as, t will reward th< good ; he will be sorry for his act. Shall, on the...and third persons it is used to command, to promise, pr to express the determination of the speaker •, as. You shall go ; they shall inherit the earth....

...;" " Thou wilt, or he will, repent of that folly ;" " You, or they, will have a pleasant walk." 570. Shall, on the contrary, in the first person, simply foretells ; in the §econd and third persons, it promises, commands, or threatens; as, "I shall go abroad ;" " We shall...

...;" " Thou wilt, or he will, repent of that folly ;" " You, or they, will have a pleasant walk." 570. Shall, on the contrary, in the first person, simply foretells ; in the Mcond and third persons, it promises, commands, or threatens; as, "I •hall go abroad ;" " We shall...

...resolution or promising; in the second person, only foretells; as, I will reward the good; he will he sorry for his act. Shall, on the contrary, in the...sentences ; as, Shall I go ? i. e, do you command me to go 7 Will he come 7 ie, does he intend to come. IV. PARTICIPLES. The Present Participle is often used...

...drowned, and nobody Aall help me out." The use of thall and will is a little arbitrary in English. f^kall in the first person simply foretells, in the second and third persons it commands ; will in the first person promises or expresses a determination or resolution, in the second...

...misunderstood." Besides, in the very next paragraph, Lindley Murray uses the correct noun: he says; — "Shall, on the " contrary, in the first person, simply foretells ; " in the second and third persons, promises, " commands, or threatens." An error, the exact reverse of that just referred to, occurs on...

...misunderstood." Besides, in the very next paragraph, Lindley Murray uses the correct noun : he says ; — "Shall, on the " contrary, in the first person, simply foretells ; "in the second and third persons, promises, " commands, or threatens." An error, the exact reverse of that just ref erredto, occurs on...

...misunderstood." Besides, in the very next paragraph, Lindley Murray uses the correct noun: he says; — "Shall, on the "contrary, in the first person, simply foretells; "in the second and third persons, promises, " commands, or threatens." An error, the exact reverse of that just referredto, occurs on...

...Person singular and plural, promises or threatens; in the second and third Persons, only foretells; shall, on the contrary, in the first Person simply foretells; in the second and third Persons, promises, commands, or threatens.8 But this must be understood of Explicative Sentences; for when the...