[austechwriter] Re: usage question: will vs would, shall vs should

From: "Elizabeth Fullerton" <Elizabeth.Fullerton@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:18:40 +1000
Well, I just had to ask a lawyer friend of mine: "Does the word "shall"
have a different meaning in law than "will" (imperative) or "must"?"

Response: "No - though "shall" is the more standard usage."

I blame the lawyers!


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From: Stuart Lecky [mailto:slecky@xxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:14 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: usage question: will vs would, shall vs
should



>Hmm,
>
>I've read lots of Request for Tender documents and associated draft
>contracts that make heavy use of the word "shall".
>
>eg: "The Contractor shall ..."
>
>It seems that government (state and federal) hasnt moved with the
times.

I suspect the people who wrote those RFTs went to the same schools as my

wife (and Elizabeth) and watched the same movies (or read the same fairy

tales) as me.

>I suspect I'll think of the Fairy Godmother from now on when reading
RFTs=20
>from gov agencies.

You shall write a tender response, tien!

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