Shall vs Remain - What's the difference?
shall | remain |
(modal auxiliary verb, defective)
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(obsolete) To owe.
State of remaining; stay.
That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
(plural only) remains : That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
* Bible, (w) vi. 12
* (John Locke)
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
* Bible, (Genesis) xxxviii. 11
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
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, title= To await; to be left to.
(copulative) To continue in a state of being.
As verbs the difference between shall and remain
is that shall is (modal auxiliary verb|defective) while remain is to stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.As a noun remain is
state of remaining; stay.shall
English
Verb
(wikipedia shall)- I shall sing in the choir tomorrow .
- "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall' be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I ' shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."
- (determination''): ''You shall go to the ball!
- (obligation''): ''Citizens shall provide proof of identity.
- Shall we go out later?
Usage notes
* Shall'' is about one fourth as common relative to ''will in North America as in the UK. Some in North America may consider it formal or even pompous. * In the past, will'' and ''shall'' have been used similarly as auxiliary verbs for the future tense. The simple future tense traditionally uses ''shall for the first person ("I" and "we"), and will for the second and third persons. *: I shall go. *: You will go. * An emphatic future tense, with a sense of (must), reverses the two words, using will'' for the first person and ''shall for the second and third person. *: I will go. *: You shall go. * Usage can be reversed in questions and in dependent clauses—especially with indirect discourse. For example: Shall''' you do it?'' is equivalent in meaning to '''''Will''' you do it?'' as it anticipates your response ''I '''shall''' do it.'' Or: ''he says that he '''shall''' win'' or ''he expects that he '''shall''' win'' report his saying ''I '''shall''' win'', not ''I '''will win.See also
* ought * shalt * shan't * should * will *Statistics
*remain
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Gather up the fragments that remain .
- Thatremains to be proved.
- Remain a widow at thy father's house.
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