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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Shall====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="144" id="450" style="width: 129px; height: 92px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/450_c8483b00ccc774f09d82c2ec0f7dc247.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> see that it gets done by next week - trust me.</strong></span> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" ><B style=""><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; " lang=EN-US>Shall</SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; " lang=EN-US> is a modal verb which is used for talking about the future. For other uses, see <SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">modal verbs</SPAN>.</SPAN></B></P><BR></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This is rarely used and, apart from some special exceptions, it is only used with 'I' and 'we'.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Affirmative: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> + verb </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I/we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall </span>go.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> + not + verb</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I/we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall not </span>go.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Interrogative: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall </span>+ subject + verb</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Shall</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> we go?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p> <p><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Contracted form</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In the affirmative and one form of the negative, this is the same as for <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">will</span>.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Affirmative </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ll </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ll</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 99.25pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative form 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Negative form 2</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 99.25pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 99.25pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ll not<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shan't <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 99.25pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'ll not<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span>We<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> shan't </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 99.25pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><br></span></span></b></p></html> =====Use===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Shall</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> can be used as an alternative to 'will' when using future tenses. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> do that tomorrow.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shan't</span> be ready on time.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In 15 years, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> be retired and living by the sea.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This time next week, we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span>be sitting on the beach.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If we don't work more quickly, we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shan't</span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span>have finished before the deadline.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Shall </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>we see you at the party?</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Shan't </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>you be there?</span></b></p> <p><br><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Notes</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This is rarely heard nowadays but some people prefer to use it some of the time. This includes occasions when we choose to be flippant or because we enjoy playing with the language. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"What do you think will happen?" "I don't know - we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> see!"</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It is sometimes considered a little stronger than <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">will </span>and is, therefore, more likely to be used when making promises or expressing determination. <u></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Don't worry, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall </span>do it tomorrow. I promise."</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span></b> </p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In conversation, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shan't</span> is more common than <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall not</span>. The latter is used for emphasis.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">not </span>change my mind so don't ask me again."</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In everyday use, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall </span>is only used with 'I' and 'we'. However, in some older literature<u> </u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>you will find it with 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it' and 'they'. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"You shall not pass!" says Gandalf in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord of the Rings</i>.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; text-indent: -1cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Also, it may occasionally be heard in conversation with 'you', especially for emphatic use or when someone is angry.</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> "You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> do your homework tonight"! </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> not speak to me like that again". </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In formal written rules and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">legal </span>language, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall </span>can also be used with 'he', 'she', 'it' and 'they'. For example, FIFA's rules include:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"The referee <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall </span>ensure an injured player is safely removed from the field of play."</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The interrogative form is rare, possibly because it sounds like a suggestion rather than a prediction. Negative questions are, therefore, a little more likely to be heard. </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Shan't </span>we be seeing you at the meeting?"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 35.45pt; text-indent: -35.45pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It is generally advisable for learners of English to avoid using <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall </span>as an alternative to <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">will </span>unless they feel very confident about when it is appropriate. </span></b> </p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="99" id="223" style="width: 107px; height: 69px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/223_2ddaae3a8aeb58acf36f4ecc2e785896.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> be there by 5 - looking forward to it.</strong></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="150" id="401" style="width: 101px; height: 90px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/401_a37ba30c2d980b1be9b2531d627fe2c8.png"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shall</span> just ignore them.</strong></span></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="183" id="233" style="width: 91px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/233_af1b492e6a570a619c151313d8bd9dc1.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">shan't</span> be at the meeting tomorrow - I'll be too busy.</strong></span></span></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="120" id="237" style="width: 113px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/237_905dcaa5b9f8eb631ce1f2783826cc63.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Shan't </span>we see you at the seminar next week?"</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>"No, I'll be on holiday."</span></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; 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