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Shall
Shall is used with I and we to make offers and suggestions: shall I help you. In legal or very formal writing it also states a rule. Elsewhere modern English prefers will.
Examples in context
Shall I open the window?
Shall I open the window?
I shall return before midnight.
I shall return before midnight.
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