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SHALL
- used as an auxiliary to express futurity, inevitability, or command [v SHALL, SHALT, SHOULD, SHOULDEST, SHOULDST]
- will have to must
- ed to express a command or exhortation you shall go
- ed in laws, regulations, or directives to express what is mandatory it shall be unlawful to carry firearms
- ed to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future we shall have to be ready we shall see
- ed to express simple futurity when shall we expect you
- ed to express determination they shall not pass
- to express debt or moral obligation [v present sing 2d person SHALL or SHALT, past sing 2d person SHOULD, SHOULDST, or SHOULDEST]