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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

What "should" is implying in my example

Tyler: If you could fight anyone, who would you fight?
Narrator: I'd fight my boss, probably.
Tyler: Really?
Narrator: Yeah. Why, who would you fight?
Tyler: I'd fight my dad.
Narrator: I don't know my dad. I mean I know him, but he left when I was, like, 6 years old, married this other woman and had some other kids. He, like, did this every 6 years. He goes to a new city and starts a new family.
Tyler: should open up franchises.
<From the movie "Fight Club">
I'd like to know here what meaning "should" has.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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". Perhaps the speaker did abbreviate it, or perhaps the word "He" has been accidentally omitted from the transcript. The lack of a capital letter at the start of the sentence looks suspicious.

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  • ".
  • Perhaps the speaker did abbreviate it, or perhaps the word "He" has been accidentally omitted from the transcript.
  • The lack of a capital letter at the start of the sentence looks suspicious.
  • In any case, "should" is making a suggestion or recommendation.
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It apparently means "He should ...". Perhaps the speaker did abbreviate it, or perhaps the word "He" has been accidentally omitted from the transcript. The lack of a capital letter at the start of the sentence looks suspicious.

In any case, "should" is making a suggestion or recommendation.
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