should vs shall

"should" is correct. Some people may prefer to put a comma after "mistakes".

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Anonymous Me or your own self

It's not clear what your question is. In which sentences do you want to use these words?

CJ

CalifJim
thanks for your answer and your comments
but here if I say
" If we don't make too many mistakes, we shall be ok."
Is correct to use "shall" instead of "should" . And you wrote to me before that should is correct, why? because as you know that "should" here is the past form of "shall" while the sentence is in present form "first conditional".
please answer
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Anonymous"should" here is the past form of "shall"

Only historically. The English language has changed a great deal since the tensed forms of the modals were actually used as tensed forms. For all practical purposes, "should" is a present tense modal verb in modern English.

AnonymousIs it correct t

In the UK, "shall" is still moderately common in first-person questions, e.g. "Shall we go out for a walk this afternoon?". I naturally use it like this myself. It is occasionally heard in first-person statements too, e.g. "We shall see about that", and in in official/legal documents or instructions where there is intended to be a sense of force or compulsion, e.g. "This agreement shall remain in

Just in case anyone is interested:

Shall we go out for a walk this afternoon? Also American.
We shall see about that. Not typically American.
This agreement shall remain in force until 31 December 2015. Also American.

CJ

thanks for your answers, but what made me confused was that:
the first part of the sentence is present" If we don't make too many mistakes', but in the second part " should" comes instead of " shall" as one of you said should here is the past form of shall, it means that it is correct to use"would" instead of "should". correct?
answer please
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CA

Anonymousin the second part " should" comes instead of " shall" as one of you said should here is the past form of shall

Well, it wasn't me, so I assume your question is addressed to someone else. I'll go back and reread the thread.

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OK. I checked the thread, and nobody on this thread said that 'should' is the past form of 'shall'. It

CalifJim"would" is extremely rarely possible as a substitute for "should".

I agree. That ageing minority of us speakers of BrE who use shall instead of will for the first-person way of expressing the future use should for the backshifted form. Most people use would. Although learners may hear/see should used in this way occas