Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Modal verbs would should
In general, which one is a stronger assumption, would or should? Thanks.
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It doesn't seem appropriate to classify modals by how strongly they assume (something). Are you sure that's what you mean? 'should' is a word we use to express obligation or duty.
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It doesn't seem appropriate to classify modals by how strongly they assume (something). Are you sure that's what you mean?
'should' is a word we use to express obligation or duty. 'would' is a word that we use to express that the action is subject to condition(s ).
If I say "You should have another piece of cake", I'm saying what what I want you to do. I have no control over whe
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