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Grammar

Should vs could

In the following sentences, what do ' should' and' could' mean?

I think smokers should be pushed out of every respectable places on this planet. ( expecation ?)

starting now, smoking in a park could draw a $50 fine. ( possibility?)
  

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I think smokers should be ( ought to be; what is right, sensible, or correct ) pushed out of every respectable places on this planet. -- Yes, possibility.

  • I think smokers should be ( ought to be; what is right, sensible, or correct ) pushed out of every respectable places on this planet.
  • -- Yes, possibility.
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I think smokers should be (ought to be; what is right, sensible, or correct) pushed out of every respectable places on this planet.

Starting now, smoking in a park could draw a $50 fine.-- Yes, possibility.

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