SHALL (formal & predictions) – English Grammar Profiler

Here are examples of using ‘shall’ in a formal context and to make a prediction:

You shall shortly be sent home in disgrace.

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We shall have no peace until she goes.

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This post is another example of two overlapping grammar points found in two different categories in the English Grammar Profile.  Although they are worded differently, they can be used to describe the exact same examples.

C2 point 71 in the category of FUTURE is:

future simple (usually in formal contexts)

C2 point 218 in MODALITY is:

‘shall’ to make predictions.

‘Shall’ is covered in many ways in the EGP.

so our very ‘loose’ iWeb search can be for:

we shall * * _N

1 WE SHALL SEE . 1569
2 WE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY 420

We shall have no liability to you.

3 WE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT 259 4 WE SHALL SEE ! 229 5 WE SHALL SEE . 126 6 WE SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION 108 7 WE SHALL SEE … 93 8 WE SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY 71 9 WE SHALL TAKE A LOOK 67 10 WE SHALL SEE IN CHAPTER 55 11 WE SHALL OVERCOME . 33 12 WE SHALL HAVE WORLD GOVERNMENT 31 13 WE SHALL USE REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS 31 14 WE SHALL RETURN . 29 15 WE SHALL SEE ! 25 16 WE SHALL SEE HOW THINGS 22 17 WE SHALL UNLEASH THE NIHILISTS 22 18 WE SHALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 21 19 WE SHALL SEE THE KING 21 20 WE SHALL USE THE TERM 21 21 WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH 20 22 WE SHALL DEFEND OUR ISLAND 19 23 WE SHALL HAVE A LOOK 19 24 WE SHALL HARNESS FOR GOD 18 25 WE SHALL SEE HIM FACE 18 26 WE SHALL . ” 17 27 WE SHALL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS 17 28 WE SHALL IN NO EVENT 16 29 WE SHALL BE IN DANGER 15 30 WE SHALL DO . 15 31 WE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH 15 32 WE SHALL SEE …. 15 33 WE SHALL SEE ….. 15 34 WE SHALL SEE HIS FACE 15 35 WE SHALL TAKE REASONABLE STEPS 15 36 WE SHALL ESCAPE THE ABSURDITY 14 37 WE SHALL INCUR NO LIABILITY 14 38 WE SHALL SEE . THANKS 14 39 WE SHALL SEE .. 14 40 WE SHALL SERVE THE LORD 14 41 WE SHALL AT ALL TIMES 13 42 WE SHALL SEE IN SECTION 13 43 WE SHALL SEE THE RESULTS 13 44 WE SHALL TURN OUR ATTENTION 13 45 WE SHALL UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES 13 46 WE SHALL CONFINE OUR ATTENTION 12 47 WE SHALL FIGHT IN FRANCE 12 48 WE SHALL FIND A WAY 12 49 WE SHALL PREVAIL . 12

50 WE SHALL SEE ) 12

However, probably a simpler turn to locating a higher level of the usage of shall is by the following vocabulary in the sentence:

B2:

circumstances, faith, obligation, overcome, responsibility C1:

liability

C2:
confine, endeavours, incur, prevail