Subj : Dorothy Sayers on `shall' and `will'
To   : alexander koryagin
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Thu Sep 29 2022 13:10:48

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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