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Basil Jet[_4_] · March 14th 16, 04:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2016\03\14 14:18, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:58:27 on Mon, 14 Mar
2016, d remarked:

Used Mornington Crescent station for the first time in years today,
and
was disappointed to find that the mechanical voice doesn't know the
difference between 'will' and 'shall'

Could you perhaps explain the difference?

"Will" is a mere prediction, "Shall" implies that the speaker is somehow
complicit in making it happen.

A good definition. Though I think its safe to say the distinction is
pretty
blurred these days and they tend to be used interchangably a lot of
the time.

cont'd: "Dogs Must/Shall/Will be carried" - on escalators.

Although the latter means "are allowed to be", rather than an
instruction to carry dogs (whether one has one handy or not...)

The "latter"... of three items? Talk about a grammar fail!

(It should be "last" if there are more than two items.)