... contradict theassumptions made in the preceding part of the dialogue (Branford 1994:489; Trudgill and Hannah 1994: 32). Examples are given in (5) . (5) ‘Can you deliver it?’‘No, sure, we’ll send ... of the unmarked verb stem, called the mandative subjunctive(see section 1.3, Quirk et al. 19 85: 155 –7), in sentences like (4) is alsovariable between varieties. US English uses the subjunctive ... Hannah 1994: 26; Hundt 1998: 58 –61) Scottish and US Englishes(Trudgill and Hannah 1994: 59 , 97) gain particular mention in theliterature as those varieties which avoid shall, and use will in...