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echo: moscow_oklahoma
to: Oleg Lobachev
from: Danny Ceppa
date: 2003-08-04 23:50:14
subject: To be usefull

-> On 04 Aug 03  22:11:48, Oleg Lobachev got back to Donat Enikeev 
-> Re: To be usefull

 DE>>> Will you help me?
 KH>>> ^^^^ Shall, or would, imho...
 
 
 DE> Disagree. Any teacher (in my english-based school and in my university)
 DE> says that we should use WILL cause of it's highly-spread nature.

 OL> As far as I can recall my `english-based school` they didn't tell us
 OL> to use only `will`. :D And in this case I'll agree with Kirill. [but
 OL> maybe a nativespeaker would not =).] 

To me, at least, there is a slight difference.  The use of "shall" 
is less of a definitive of time than "will".  

Overall, they mean pretty much the same.  

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