Modal verb and verb usage and its negation
I would like to know what this structure exactly means. To me it causes misunderstanding.
But, anyway, I 'm inclined to accept meaning 2.
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S: We should not let our work take over our lives and relax a little.
Meaning 1: We should not let our work take over our lives and (shoud) relax a litte.
Meaning 2. We should not let our work take over our lives and (should not) relax a little.
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Michelle Ahn S: We should not let our work take over our lives and relax a little. That sentence is unnatural. A native speaker would say: We should not let our work take over our lives, and we should relax a little.
- Michelle Ahn S: We should not let our work take over our lives and relax a little.
- That sentence is unnatural.
- A native speaker would say: We should not let our work take over our lives, and we should relax a little.
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Michelle AhnS: We should not let our work take over our lives and relax a little.
That sentence is unnatural. A native speaker would say:
We should not let our work take over our lives, and we should relax a little.
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