Element USE: PREDICTIONS WITH 'SHALL'
SuperCat FUTURE
SubCat future with will and shall
Lexical Range N/A
Level C2
Cando Can use 'shall' to make predictions, usually in formal contexts.
Corrected Learner Example Once more I invite you wholeheartedly to stay at my place and I hope we shall meet in November. (Poland; C2 MASTERY; 1998; Polish; Pass)

… we shall probably have several years more to live. (France; C2 MASTERY; 1993; French; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example
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