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stay the way you are vs remain the way you are

Both phrases are correct and can be used interchangeably to convey the idea of asking someone to continue being themselves without changing. They are both commonly used in English and have the same meaning, but "remain" sounds more formal.
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Last updated: July 26, 2024

stay the way you are

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express the idea of asking someone to remain as they are without changing.

This phrase is used to encourage someone to maintain their current state or behavior without altering anything.

Examples:

  • I love you just the way you are, so please stay the way you are.
  • Don't change for anyone, just stay the way you are.
  • Stay the way you are because you are perfect just as you are.
  • I appreciate you for who you are, so please stay the way you are.
  • Stay the way you are because you are amazing.
  • You stay the way you are, Tommy.
  • You stay... just the way you are, 'Maya...
  • What if you could stay the same way you are now for the next ten years?
  • But things could stay the way they are...
  • What everyone wants is from comics than difficult books and I want to stay the way I am forever.
  • Things stay the way they are in Germany.
  • Henry knows things can't stay the way they are.
  • Everything just stays the way it was when you wrote it.
  • Nothing has to stay the way it is.
  • That's why I want change and you want everything to stay the way it is.
  • If it stays the way it is, Atsushi will be in danger too.
  • Let's just say I want things to stay the way they are for now.
  • This contest has always been won by a local, and something around here has got to stay the way it should be.
  • Maybe things will equalize and things can stay the way they are.
  • There are fixed points through time where things must always stay the way they are.
  • We therefore take the view that what was decided by the Conference of Presidents, what is set out here in the order of business, should stay the way it is.
  • Mack, I admire the way you stay all positive, even when the flames are licking at your boots.
  • Mack, I admire the way you stay all positive, even when the flames are licking at your boots.
  • Best to keep quiet, stay invisible, stay way out of the way.
  • That doesn't mean it stays the same way.

Alternatives:

  • remain the way you are
  • keep being yourself
  • don't change a thing
  • stay true to yourself
  • continue being who you are

remain the way you are

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to convey the idea of asking someone to stay the same without changing.

This phrase is used to encourage someone to maintain their current state or behavior without altering anything.

Examples:

  • Please remain the way you are because you are wonderful.
  • I want you to remain the way you are because you are perfect.
  • Remain the way you are because you are unique.
  • Don't change a thing, just remain the way you are.
  • I appreciate you for who you are, so please remain the way you are.
  • If the smug clouds remain the way they are, yes.
  • The practical cooperation that we engage in with the Commission is excellent, but I believe that things must not remain the way they are.
  • We can certainly take it as read that, if everything continues in the same old way, nothing will remain the way it was, and that we will be running the risk of provoking a new trade war.
  • Cutting expenses hurts, but remains the only way back to growth and stability.
  • An international agreement remains the best way of addressing this issue.
  • However, I will remain vigilant over the way it is put into practice.
  • There are still bottlenecks that remain in the way of our creation of an integrated market place.
  • There is nothing less secure today than a successful enlargement but at least the way remains open for action in favour of such a prospect.
  • It remains the best way of preventing a substance proven to be harmful to biodiversity from continuing to be sold because its negative impact on human health has not been adequately demonstrated.
  • I would hope after this year some permanent changes will remain in the way at least some disabled people cope in their everyday life.
  • To my mind, on-the-spot inspections still remain the most effective way of monitoring catches and the type of gear being used.
  • A global and comprehensive legal agreement remains the only effective way to reach the agreed objective of staying below a 2ºC increase in global temperatures.
  • The National Alliance still holds to what it said in the last legislature, in other words that proportional representation remains the only real way to involve citizens in electoral choice and thus achieve true democracy.
  • As a result of such large-scale cuts, in 2011 termination rates in Bulgaria remain way above the European average, while the price discrepancy between the two is further increasing.
  • And we choose to remain that way.
  • Public health is national policy, and it should remain that way.
  • That's the last secret of our era and it should remain that way.
  • 'Multilateralism (which) remains the best way to achieve global peace and security', is indeed one way of guaranteeing that we avoid the supremacy of one superpower.
  • It is an important step that the European Parliament supports this and remains critical about the way in which this Treaty will be fleshed out at local or regional level in the next few years.
  • It will remain that way until he sits with me and negotiates terms.

Alternatives:

  • stay the way you are
  • keep being yourself
  • don't change a thing
  • stay true to yourself
  • continue being who you are

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