Should like vs would like

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Hi.I should also like to say... .I would also like to say... .What's the difference between the above sentences?

Eager learner · Accepted Answer

Hi.

1. would

modal verb

You use would, especially with 'like', 'love' and 'wish', when saying that someone wants to do or have a particular thing or wants a particular thing to happen.

? She asked me what I would like to do and mentioned a particular job.

Sometimes I am not as brave as I should be.

I would also like to say ... (It is something you want to say)

2.should

modal verb

You use should when you are saying what would be the right thing to do or the right state for something to be in.

?I should exercise more.

I should also say ... (You cannot say I should also like to say)

In this case, you say something that you believe you have to say it.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Eager learnerYou use would, especially with 'like', 'love' and 'wish', when saying that someone wants to do or have a particular thing or wants a particular thing to happen.

Dear Eager Learner. When you copy and paste out of a dictionary, please cite the source.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/would

Cool Breeze · Answer

There is no difference in meaning, but should is possible instead of would only in the first persons, in other words, with I and we. In modern English it is rather rarely used in this way and this usage has almost entirely disappeared from American English.

You can read more about should here: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/should

CB

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Eager learner(You cannot say I should also like to say)

Where did you find that? You are not correct.

"Should like to say" is an old-fashioned and more formal version of "Would like to say."
You can find many, many examples in the Google Books Ngram viewer.

Quote (1960) from President Dwight Eisenhower, President of the US:
What you are here for is so important, what you are going to do and what you are doing is of such significance not only to us but to the world, to peace, that the last word I should like to say is this—my pledge of support...

Canadian House of Parliament record (1966):
Mr. Chairman, first of all I should like to say that I was recorded yesterday as saying some words in the heat of the debate which I now wish I had not said.

From a translation of Spinoza's Ethics:
But before I begin I should like to say a few words about perfection and imperfection, and about good and evil.

Eager learner · Answer

Excuse me, I am really sorry.

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