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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Modal verbs could/ must

Hello,

I wonder if I can use could or must instead of should in the following sentence.

'What are you doing in front of the television? You should be doing your homework!'

Thanks for your reply.

  

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anonymous I wonder if I can use could or must instead of should in the following sentence. 'What are you doing in front of the television? ' 'should' imposes an obligation, so that's the best choice.

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anonymousI wonder if I can use could or must instead of should in the following sentence.
'What are you doing in front of the television? You should be doing your homework!'

'should' imposes an obligation, so that's the best choice.

'could' makes a suggestion, so that's not as good.

'must' makes a logical deduction, so it doesn

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