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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Shall or Should?

You know, it's not my English is bad or something... although I know where to use it.... I would be happy to know jsut the diffrence between Shall and Should.

As I said, I know where to use it.... it sounds logical so I know where to put one of these words.


Thanks alot
  

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This question has a complicated answer, so I'll give the formal answer first. This is still in wide use, particularly in Britain, and particularly in written literature. In formal English,and in the first person: "shall" denotes future tense.

— Rommie

  • This question has a complicated answer, so I'll give the formal answer first.
  • This is still in wide use, particularly in Britain, and particularly in written literature.
  • In formal English,and in the first person: "shall" denotes future tense.
  • It is synonymous with "am going to".
  • "should" means "ought to", and implies an obligation "will" denotes future tense, but also implies emphasis, or a determination to succeed.
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This question has a complicated answer, so I'll give the formal answer first. This is still in wide use, particularly in Britain, and particularly in written literature.

In formal English,and in the first person:
"shall" denotes future tense. It is synonymous with "am going to".
"should" means "ought to", and implies an obligation
"will" denotes future tense, but al
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To muddle it further, remember that "shall" is present tense and "should" is
past tense. However, these two facts really mean very little these days.
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To muddle it further, remember that "shall" is present tense and "should" is
past tense.


I disagree with both of these assertions. They are both either future tense or conditional.
Rommie
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