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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is correct?

Should(or shall) she ring p, say that i am not available.

What would you fill in?

Why did you say that if you ..... what his reaction might be?
  

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Anonymous Should(or shall) she ring p, say that i am not available. What would you fill in? Why did you say that if you ..

— Bob Collins

  • Anonymous Should(or shall) she ring p, say that i am not available.
  • What would you fill in?
  • Why did you say that if you ..
  • what his reaction might be?
  • I'm guessing that you have two questions here, so I'll give two answers: While "shall" may be more correct, colloquially, "should" is more popular and more readily accepted.
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AnonymousShould(or shall) she ring p, say that i am not available.
What would you fill in?
Why did you say that if you .. what his reaction might be?

I'm guessing that you have two questions here, so I'll give two answers:

While "shall" may be more correct, colloquially, "should" is more popular and more readily accepted. (Shall indicates choice,
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AnonymousShould(or shall) she ring p, say that i am not available.
Should she ring = If she should ring = If she rings.

Should she ring, say that I am not available.

Don't forget that I is always a capital letter.
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One possibility:

Why did you
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