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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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