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Basil Jet[_4_] · March 25th 16, 06:55 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2016\03\14 12:40, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
05:22:47 on Mon, 14 Mar 2016, 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.

So why isn't a will called a shall?