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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
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should be -ing

What does 'should be -ing' generally mean?
  

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contraposition What does 'should be -ing' generally mean? Can you determine the meaning from these situations? 1.

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  • contraposition What does 'should be -ing' generally mean?
  • Can you determine the meaning from these situations?
  • 1.
  • We should be leaving now.
  • If we wait, we will miss the bus.
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contraposition What does 'should be -ing' generally mean?
Can you determine the meaning from these situations?

1. We should be leaving now. If we wait, we will miss the bus.
2. He is doing well in his training for the race. He should be running 5K every morning, but he is actually averaging 6K.
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What is the difference form 'should inf'?
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contrapositionWhat is the difference form 'should inf'?
Sometimes you can use either, and there is no difference in meaning.

We should leave now.
We should be leaving now.

In the second example, there is a difference in meaning.
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1. We should be leaving now. If we wait, we will miss the bus. (This expresses need or necessity)

2. He is doing well in his training for the race. He should be running 5K every morning, but he is actually averaging 6K.
(This expresses expectation; we expect him to be running 5K for his training, but he is doing better than that.)

See the definitions #1 and #2
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