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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Should vs must

I just had a meeting with an irish guy, and we discussed one of my procedures which I wrote recently. There was a section where he recommended that I should replace the word "should" with the word "must" and to be honest I couldn't see the difference both words can give to the sentence.

So my question is what is the difference between these 2 statements:
• All cheques should be made payable to xxx."
• All cheques must be made payable to xxx."

Don't they both imply the same thing, that cheques are to be made payable to xxx and no one else?
  

Top answer

" It's a very good idea to do so, and it might be morally or socially right, but it is not mandatory. " It is mandatory, and you can be punished if you don't do it.

  • " It's a very good idea to do so, and it might be morally or socially right, but it is not mandatory.
  • " It is mandatory, and you can be punished if you don't do it.
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Anonymous• All cheques should be made payable to ***."
It's a very good idea to do so, and it might be morally or socially right, but it is not mandatory.
Anonymous• All cheques must be made payable to ***."
It is mandatory, and you can be punished if you don't do it.
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Thank you very much for the super quick reply!

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