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Par. 88.] TIIE IMPERATIVE.

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The reason is this: shall, like " must," implies compulsion. Now we do not mind using a word implying compulsion about ourselves; but it seems rather rude to use it
about others. For this reason we dislike saying, except in
anger, "you shall," "he shall," and prefer to say, "you
will," " le w.ill." " You will" once meant "you wisli or
are willing to;" but now it generally means no more than
"you are going (to)."
When we are bestowing a favor that does not depend on
the recipient but on our own will, we may use " shall " with
the Second Person:(1) " You shall have a holiday to-morrow."
Here the context absolutely destroys the notion of compulsion, and therefore " shall " may be used without rudeness.
For a similar reason, there is no rudeness in(2) "' Shall you see him to-morrow? "
(3) "He says he shall be out of town all the summer."
Imperative Mood.
You cannot command a man to do any thing
unless you speak to him; consequently the commanding or Imperative Mood is, strictly speaking,
always in the Second Person, Singular or Plural,
e.g. "come."
88 Sometimes we, as it were, exhort or command
ourselves, e.g. " let me see," "let us run." But
this is 'the same as "suffer me to see," "suffer us
to run." Here, therefore, "suffer" and ' let" are
Imperatives, addressed to some imaginary personz;
but " see " and " run " are not Imperatives, but Infinitives, the " to" being left out. (See Par. 94).