will ~ will ~ we‘ll
[‘will’ and ‘will’ have the same pronunciation; ‘we’ll’ has a slightly different middle sound]
“Will” (noun & legal) is ‘a legal document a rich person prepares, when alive, in regard to his/her property — what items of the property to be given to whom, after his/her death, or in case he/she suffers any mental disability in future’; as a verb in this sense, is ‘to give one’s property to somebody else legally’,
e.g.
The rich industrialist left a lump sum to his long time companion and chauffeur (driver) in his will.
She willed all her property to her twenty-five pet cats!
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“Will” (modal auxiliary [helping] verb) is used to show ‘some future action which is not very certain, some near future action; used to ask a question with futurity in it; used in place of “can”, in some situations only; agreeing to do something’; and as a noun, it shows ‘strong determination – the power of making a difficult decision and doing all that is necessary to keep to the decision; liking to do something; being good to others; a particular desire or liking of a particular person’,
[The shortened form of ‘will not’ is “won’t”.]
e.g.
I will call you tomorrow.
Okay! I will come and see you in a moment; don’t fret.
Will she do it if you ask her to do it?
This barrel will hold fifteen litres of beer.
Please, come in. Won’t you have a seat? [won’t you = will you not]
The most common proverb: Where there is a will there is a way!
Compare:
He is a man of strong will; he will reach any goal once he wills it. (= ‘will 1’ = noun – determination; ‘will 2’ = modal verb – simple futurity; ‘wills’ – verb – makes a decision)
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“We’ll” is the short (contracted) form of ‘we will’,
e.g.
We’ll begin this job next week. [‘we’ll = we will]
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Mr. Kumar, an English language teacher, having taught in many countries around the world including Ethiopia and Oman shares this English Language Reference website using material that he has written and compiled during the past 20 years.
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