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As when your Mother says "You shall do as I wish."
Meaning, if you don't, you'll regret it!
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>shall not sounds wimpy
in the world of technical writing -- specifically writing system, hardware and software requirements -- "will" is wimpy. "shall" is used as the flag signifying "this is a requirement". this is actually Rule One for writing requirements in many shops.
-joe (rule two: the voice of the customer) friday
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If this weren't the case we would still be speaking an inflected language....
Beautifully put, Faldage.
And Dr Seuss, oh Sparteye? oh, yes, sirree!
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Leading me to the question: is the marvelous Dr Seuss known outside the US?
What??!! You can't be serious, surely? Dr. Seuss is truly world-famous, even if it's a crying shame that more world leaders didn't get the point of The Lorax.
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Sorry, Max. I try to avoid assuming that somebody famous in the US is famous anywhere else, even if it is the extraordinary Dr Seuss. One of his great secrets: if you are having a hard time thinking of a word which rhymes, make one up!
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Your modesty does you credit, Sparteye. This tread has inspired me to add the good doctor to my list of "victims to plunder for the anniversary thread." 
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There's a problem with having your (only) computer in your office. I come in on Monday and find a brand new thread going onto 4 pages, lots of discussion, and already branching out into other subjects. Such is the nature of this amazing forum.
I had two responses to Faldage's original posting:
the first was that the statement about the Verdi Requiem is really funny and not far off base;
the second was to recall a bon mot of my father's: "He thinks he's a real wit, and he's half right."
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You respond late, you're right at the top of the list.
"He thinks he's a real wit, and he's half right."
I like it.
The guy doing the workshop went on for about ten minutes defending the "greatest opera" quip and then pointed out all the reasons it wasn't that clever. I don't remember any of them.
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I shall not sounds wimpy to me.
Is there a lawyer on the Board who would care to give the legal distinctions between "will" and "shall"?
wow
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Mav - I wrote a long and involved reply, but since you don't really care about 'the rules' and have decided to write them for yourself as you go along in your life, such as it is [do you live in chaos? Ah, I thought so], this simple reply will do.
Get a grip, Mav! Many more educated, more intuitive, more intelligent people have gone before you and have determined a more realistic and down-to-earth way of living that makes it possible for us to all get along in this, the only world we have.
THE RULES makes this possible, don't you know!
Shoshannah
And BTW - you don't really think that I don't know about REAL LIFE, do you??? What a thing to say! You do realize that my version of REAL LIFE has to do with LIFE and DEATH on a daily basis and TRUTH is the only thing worth striving for in a situation like this??? Pay attention, Mav - REAL LIFE and TRUTH may be calling you!
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