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Debpriya De Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Should
" It's unfair that she should have died so young. " Can we paraphrase the sentence as " it's unfair that she died so young ". Why do we use " should have " in such statements ?
" It's sad that we should have to go through such an ordeal ". Does this statement mean that we shall have to go through an ordeal in the near future or that we have already had to go through an ordeal, which was sad ?
" It's sad that we should have to go through such an ordeal ". Does this statement mean that we shall have to go through an ordeal in the near future or that we have already had to go through an ordeal, which was sad ?
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- " It's sad that we should have to go through such an ordeal ".
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This is called the [url=] 'putative' should[/url].
" It's sad that we should have to go through such an ordeal ". Does this statement mean that we shall have to go through an ordeal in the near future or that we have already had to go through an ordeal, which was sad ?-- Neither. It means that 'it is sad that we have to go...'.
" It's sad that we should have to go through such an ordeal ". Does this statement mean that we shall have to go through an ordeal in the near future or that we have already had to go through an ordeal, which was sad ?-- Neither. It means that 'it is sad that we have to go...'.
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