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Janissary Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

should like

i should like his name to be peter.

what is it? what is the difference from would like?
  

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This is the conditionnal. Normally, "I" and "we" take "should", "would" being used with the other pronouns. Yet "would" is now used for all the persons, especially in Am.

— Pieanne

  • This is the conditionnal.
  • Normally, "I" and "we" take "should", "would" being used with the other pronouns.
  • Yet "would" is now used for all the persons, especially in Am.
  • English.
  • So the difference would be that your sentence sounds British.
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This is the conditionnal. Normally, "I" and "we" take "should", "would" being used with the other pronouns. Yet "would" is now used for all the persons, especially in Am. English. So the difference would be that your sentence sounds British.
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I should like his name to be Peter is what some people used to say many, many, many years ago in the U.S. (and elsewhere). Nowadays, everyone says I would like his name to be Peter. In the U.S. I should like is only said by people who are putting on airs, that is, trying to appear very cultured, proper, and superior to others.

CJ
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