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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Shall

I'm confuse, help me:

What is correct?

"The house shall remain empty" or "The house shall always remains empty" ???

remains is singular while remain is plural, right?
  

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These are correct. The house shall remain empty. The house shall always remain empty.

— CalifJim

  • These are correct.
  • The house shall remain empty.
  • The house shall always remain empty.
  • The houses shall remain empty.
  • The houses shall always remain empty.
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These are correct.

The house shall remain empty.

The house shall always remain empty.

The houses shall remain empty.

The houses shall always remain empty.

In all four cases the modal verb shall governs the verb remain. Only the base form of a verb can be used after a modal verb. You cannot have a modal verb fo
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