Show i the rhe rie re of i wib and stall there is probably no more mora confusing I 1 art of the english language lau guage than that which regulates the proper use nse of shall and will the reply of james russell lowell to the woman who wrote saying in 1 I would be very much obliged for fo r your y autograph has befit aften in print and has undoubtedly been bea clipped for scrap and pockets pocketbook ook reference by many persons the poet essayist granted her request in the following fashion pray do not say hereafter 1 I would br bf obliged if you yon would be obliged be obliged and be done with it say 1 I 1 should be obliged and oblige yours truly james russell rumell lowell koweil an additional hint to go with thit cut cat rne me out is that of the old verse in the first person simply shall foretells or etella in will a threat or else a promise dwells shall dball in the second or the third doth threat will simply then foretells the future feat or 11 shallin shall in the first and will in the tha second and third persons sara are to be re ra carded as aa simple declarations and both in in all other cases convey a threat now new york times |