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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Shall Usage

I understand the general difference between shall and will and I understand that shall can be used with pronouns such as I, we & you.

However, can a item/object be used with shall?

ie. The light shall fade.
ie. The path shall disappear.
  

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Yes, but it is old-fashioned. Rudyard Kipling: OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at ***’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Yes, but it is old-fashioned.
  • Rudyard Kipling: OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at ***’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth.
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Yes, but it is old-fashioned.

Rudyard Kipling:

OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,

Till Earth and Sky stand presently at ***’s great Judgment Seat;

But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,

When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth.
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AlpheccaStarsOH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
That was published in Britain in 1889. Just 23 years later in the U.S., Millay has:

... East and West will pinch the heart
That can not keep them pushed apart ...

Renascence, 1912

(Not that I think this factoid proves an
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