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Velimir Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Should be better..
Hello everybody,
I need help with the interpretation of the following sentence :
"It should be better for you if you finished part of your work in these few days so you're not rushing in the days before the holidays"
Can the above sentence be interpreted in one or all of the following manners :
Chances are that it would be better for you
To the best of my knowledge (same continuation)
It is my conviction ...
There is a strong probability ...
I strongly believe..
My experience tells me ..
or "should" can be replaced with "would" without any change in the meaning in the sentence ?
I'd also like to know if the meaning is changed if I put it in the following manner, and which of the three highlighted option would be the most natural option :
It is better for you if you finish/ that you finish/ to finish part of your work these days,so you're not rushing in the days before the holidays.
Thank you for your help
I need help with the interpretation of the following sentence :
"It should be better for you if you finished part of your work in these few days so you're not rushing in the days before the holidays"
Can the above sentence be interpreted in one or all of the following manners :
Chances are that it would be better for you
To the best of my knowledge (same continuation)
It is my conviction ...
There is a strong probability ...
I strongly believe..
My experience tells me ..
or "should" can be replaced with "would" without any change in the meaning in the sentence ?
I'd also like to know if the meaning is changed if I put it in the following manner, and which of the three highlighted option would be the most natural option :
It is better for you if you finish/ that you finish/ to finish part of your work these days,so you're not rushing in the days before the holidays.
Thank you for your help
Top answer
Velimir "It should be better for you if you finished part of your work ... Sorry. This turn of phrase is just not speaking to me.
- Velimir "It should be better for you if you finished part of your work ...
- Sorry.
- This turn of phrase is just not speaking to me.
- It doesn't say anything to me.
- It's such a peculiar phrase that there is really no point in trying to form a sensible interpretation of it.
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Velimir"It should be better for you if you finished part of your work ...Sorry. This turn of phrase is just not speaking to me. It doesn't say anything to me. It's such a peculiar phrase that there is really no point in trying to form a sensible interpretation of it.
It should be:
It would be better for you if you ...
CJ
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Hello CalifJim,
Thank you for your answer. I think I'm kind of specialized in asking meaningless questions
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Thank you for your answer. I think I'm kind of specialized in asking meaningless questions
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VelimirThis sharpness will not last long, but it should help you through the day or until you can get to a shop.= it can be expected to help ~ you wouldn't be wrong to expect that it will help
VelimirYou should finish it before the holidays in tha
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VelimirI think I'm kind of specialized in asking meaningless questionsOnce in a while you do
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VelimirDo other options I gave in the first post have similar meaning and make sense in the given sentence?No. The It should ... if you finished... combination makes it quite anomalous (to my ear) in the meaning It can be expected ... if you finished ...
It's too close to the idiom It would be better if .... It sounds as if you're
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Hello CalifJim,
Thank you very much for the clear answer. I think I've got it right.
Please would you briefly comment on the options from the first post without regard to "should", if they are correct and roughly tell the same :
Chances are that it would be better for you if you finished part of your work in these few days so you're
Thank you very much for the clear answer. I think I've got it right.
Please would you briefly comment on the options from the first post without regard to "should", if they are correct and roughly tell the same :
Chances are that it would be better for you if you finished part of your work in these few days so you're
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Hello CalifJim,
Sorry, I think your previous answer referred to all other options I've repeated in my last post, in the combination with "would be better". In the way I understand it, that combination is very common in my language and that was confusing me I guess.
Sorry, I think your previous answer referred to all other options I've repeated in my last post, in the combination with "would be better". In the way I understand it, that combination is very common in my language and that was confusing me I guess.
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