List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules: Difference between revisions

List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules (view source)

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 * objective form of "who"
+=== will ===
+* in general, indicates the future
+* as an <u>auxiliary verb</u> ("helping verb" )
+** "will" creates the simple or continuous future tense of another verb
+*** ''They will go there next week''
+*** ''They will be going there next week''
+** "will" as an interrogatory (indicates a question or inquiry)
+*** ''Will they go next week?''
+** "will" as a modal verb (indicates desire, necessity or conditionality/possibility)
+*** ''They will go next week or else!''
+* as a <u>finite verb</u> (action verb)
+** "will" means
+*** to make something happen or someone do something
+**** ''The test was hard, but I willed my way through it''
+*** to bequeath (give after death)
+**** ''He willed a family memento to her''
+* as a <u>noun</u>
+** mental fortitude or self-control
+*** ''It was tempting to her, but she resisted as her will is strong''
+** an intention or desire
+*** ''They did it anyway against her will''
+** what commands or ordains, esp. God
+*** ''God's will be done''
 == Y-Z ==