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Re: Will

From:<bjm10@...>
Date:Monday, April 17, 2000, 18:49
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Muke Tever wrote:

> Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance? > > I think most of these 'denatured verbs' like 'will' still have the original > meaning in their concept, although they see different usages; it's part of
Not as I have understood that line. I don't see it as asking "do you want to join the dance" but "is your future state to be in joining of the dance", so to speak.