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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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I believe they should

01. I believe they/he/she will02br
002. I believe they/he/she can02br
003. I believe they/he/she should02br
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00Of the three contructions, I have trouble understanding the last one. 02br
00To me, there's some contradiction between believe and should. Should describes your opinion toward something and expresses your belief- more precisely your thought.02br
00To me, having both just sounds weird. Can someone convince me otherwise?02br
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0How about, "In my opinion she is 01u00obligated / obliged02u00 to" 01i00 I believe she should pay for the damage.02i0-
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0Your reply helped me see it from a different perspective. I think I understand it better now.Thanks Avangi.0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10To me, having both just sounds weird. Can someone convince me otherwise?12blockquote
10 Think of the difference in meaning if you leave out 'should':02br
01i00I believe that she is leaving.02i00 (It seems to me that she is about to leave. I see her making pre
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0Hi,02br
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00I'd say after reading CJ's post that my example is too narrow, seeming limited to a moral obligation. His use of "advisable" is more appropriate, and covers more of the uses of 01i01u00should02u02i00 than mine does.02br
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1i01u00I believe02u02i00 is the 01i00it-seems-to-me02i00 element; 01i01u00should02u02i00 is the 01i00it-is-advisable02i00 element. The 01i00it-is-advisable02i00 element is missing from the first two sentences.02br
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00This totally an
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0 I believe you should get a gold star for learning something new!02br
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0I don't quite understand your comment (This time I understand the believe...should part but not the rest 05000 )02br
00I believe it's for me and it sounds like a compliment. Either way, I'll take it as a compliment 05102br
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00Somehow, gold star throws me off. In my culture, stars are always good things.010id111id4
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0In my culture, when we say a person sees stars, it often means someone just hit him in the head, hard enough to cause him to nearly lose consciousness. Do you have that also?02br
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00Small, bright, colored, sticky paper stars are often applied to the schoolwork papers of children to reward them for excellence. The gold ones are the best.02br
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0Yeah. That's another meaning. Oops. I shouldn't have said always. 02br
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00I see. I never had gold stars when I was a kid but I got many As and stars. Teachers here usually02br
00draw stars instead of stick paper stars to represent well done.02br
00Thanks for the explanation Avangi. By the way, what if the assignment is good but doesn't deserve a g
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10gold star12blockquote
10 A symbolic reward for doing well!!! Like a championship trophy, but more modest! Just a little bit of gold paper cut out in the form of a star.02br
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