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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Tell me how to get there. -> Tell me how I can / should get there.
I do not know what to do.
-> I do not know what I should do.
I do not know where to go.
-> I do not know where I should go.
I have learned that we should use 'should' when we convert what where how, etc to do to that clauses like the examples above.
However, come to think of it, sometimes using should is not natural in some cases like
Tell me how to get there.
-> Tell me how I can get there.
Or it should be 'Tell me how I should get there.'?
So my question is, Should we use 'should' for that clauses converted from interrogative words such as what, how, where, etc to do?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
-> I do not know what I should do.
I do not know where to go.
-> I do not know where I should go.
I have learned that we should use 'should' when we convert what where how, etc to do to that clauses like the examples above.
However, come to think of it, sometimes using should is not natural in some cases like
Tell me how to get there.
-> Tell me how I can get there.
Or it should be 'Tell me how I should get there.'?
So my question is, Should we use 'should' for that clauses converted from interrogative words such as what, how, where, etc to do?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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Hans51 Should we use 'should' for that clauses converted from interrogative words such as what, how, where, etc to do? I have never heard that rule, but it seems very useful, though it is obviously not a universal solution that one can apply without further thought. I've discovered how to make diamonds from coal => I've discovered how I can....
- Hans51 Should we use 'should' for that clauses converted from interrogative words such as what, how, where, etc to do?
- I have never heard that rule, but it seems very useful, though it is obviously not a universal solution that one can apply without further thought.
- I've discovered how to make diamonds from coal => I've discovered how I can....
- We're faced with figuring out where to find the funds and the space => where we can Most of the COCA examples work perfectly with 'should' substitution, and the few that don't take 'can/could' instead.
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Hans51Should we use 'should' for that clauses converted from interrogative words such as what, how, where, etc to do?I have never heard that rule, but it seems very useful, though it is obviously not a universal solution that one can apply without further thought.
I've discovered how to make diamonds from coal => I've discovered how I can....
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