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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
"should" and "would"
Would you explain the difference between "would" and "should" in the sentence above?
The reproach of the "vulgar," I mean the reproach of vulgarity, would have been brought in Pope's (Alexander Pope) time against anybody who should have tried to write in the language of the common people.
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It seems a rather old-fashioned way of saying it. Here, to my ear, should means might . would have been brought ...
- It seems a rather old-fashioned way of saying it.
- Here, to my ear, should means might .
- would have been brought ...
- against anybody who might have tried to ...
- Alternately, with only the very slightest change of nuance, we could say it without the should have or might have : ...
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It seems a rather old-fashioned way of saying it. Here, to my ear, should means might.
... would have been brought ... against anybody who might have tried to ...
Alternately, with only the very slightest change of nuance, we could say it without the should have or might have:
... would have been brought ... against anybody who t
... would have been brought ... against anybody who might have tried to ...
Alternately, with only the very slightest change of nuance, we could say it without the should have or might have:
... would have been brought ... against anybody who t
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