will contrasted
with want/wish/would like
A) will must not be confused with want/wish/would
like.
will expresses an intention + a decision to fulfil it:
I will buy it = I intend to buy it/I'm going to buy it.
want/wish/would like merely expresses a desire. They do not give any information
about intended actions.
B) Note, however, that I'd like is often a possible
alternative to I'll have/take:
CUSTOMER (in a shop): I'd like/I'll have a pound of peas, please.
DINER (in a restaurant): I'd like/I'll have the soup, please.
Both can be used for invitations:
Would you like a drink?
or Will you have a drink?
When accepting an invitation we can use either form:
I'd like/I'll have a
sherry, please.
But the two forms are not interchangeable in the negative, so
if we wish to refuse an invitation we must say:
I won't have anything, thanks or I don't want anything,
thanks.
wouldn't like means 'would dislike', so could not be used here.
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