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Slowloris Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Nuance of shall/must/should
Hello everyone,
Could you please tell me about the difference of nuance of following words?
Shall, Must, Should
On the contract or rules and regulations I found these words. I think 80% of the sentence on the documents use “shall” but sometimes I found “must”, “should” instead of “shall”.
What’s the difference of these words? I think that I should use the word “shall” instead of “must” and “should” on the contract or rules and regulations, but I found some explanation on the document which is prepared by native English sparker.
Could you please tell me about the difference of nuance of following words?
Shall, Must, Should
On the contract or rules and regulations I found these words. I think 80% of the sentence on the documents use “shall” but sometimes I found “must”, “should” instead of “shall”.
What’s the difference of these words? I think that I should use the word “shall” instead of “must” and “should” on the contract or rules and regulations, but I found some explanation on the document which is prepared by native English sparker.
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This question is too broad to be dealt with in detail here so it's best that you google these words and their grammar usages. I will just add a couple of comments. Shall is often used instead of will especially in BrE.
- This question is too broad to be dealt with in detail here so it's best that you google these words and their grammar usages.
- I will just add a couple of comments.
- Shall is often used instead of will especially in BrE.
- Should is often used for giving advice.
- Must is used to express/show necessity that something must be done.
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This question is too broad to be dealt with in detail here so it's best that you google these words and their grammar usages. I will just add a couple of comments.
Shall is often used instead of will especially in BrE.
Should is often used for giving advice.
Must is used to express/show necessity that something must be done.
Shall is often used instead of will especially in BrE.
Should is often used for giving advice.
Must is used to express/show necessity that something must be done.
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Thank you for your response, Ivanhr.
I'll try to search the usages at Google.
I'll try to search the usages at Google.
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In official documents, shall and must indicate obligations and duties; should indicates advice.
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