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{{pe}}As a [[verb]], in traditional usage, [[will]] is rather ambiguous, as our page on [[shall]] demonstrates. Depending on which person you’re in, it can (''first'' or ''third'' person) illustrate an aspiration for the future, or (''second'' person) a prime directive.
{{pe}}As a [[verb]] in traditional usage, [[will]] is rather ambiguous, as our page on [[shall]] demonstrates. Depending on which person you’re in, it can (''first'' or ''third'' person) illustrate an aspiration for the future, or (''second'' person) a prime directive.


Live long and prosper.
Live long and prosper.

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As a verb in traditional usage, will is rather ambiguous, as our page on shall demonstrates. Depending on which person you’re in, it can (first or third person) illustrate an aspiration for the future, or (second person) a prime directive.

Live long and prosper.

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