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It would determine his frame of mind and his usage of the word shall.
"People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with." Ann Althouse 2008
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The proper conjugation of "to be" in the future tense as I learned it many years ago in a British-style school in the first person singular and plural is "shall."
"People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with." Ann Althouse 2008
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They were automatic, 50 percent, period, end of story, at least the way I read our rules that say "shall."
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Compel Congress to respect what is clearly stated in the Constitution, and the meaning of "shall."
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Balancing these provisions, however, are the phrases in article III to the effect that the judicial power "shall be vested" in courts and "shall extend" to nine classes of cases and controversies and the question of what is the force of the word "shall."
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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Strike in first and second line "may in his discretion" and insert in lieu thereof "shall."
Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in Milledgeville, the Seatof [sic] Government, in 1862 Georgia. General Assembly. Senate 1862
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The wording of the Canon clearly lays out what must happen prior to deposition, and does so by the use of the word "shall."
Anglican Mainstream 2008
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"shalt: So all the 4tos; and so I believe Marlowe wrote, though the grammar requires" shall. ""
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Christopher Marlowe 1578
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-- Not in 4to 1624.] [Footnote 56: should: So 4tos 1616, 1624. -- 2to 1631 "shall."] [Footnote 57: God: So 4to 1604.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Christopher Marlowe 1578
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