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Gu-Hoon Kwon Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What's the meaning of should?
Please check out the dialog below.
W: Brian, are you free this Saturday?
M: Well, I have baseball practice, but it should finish around 3 p.m.
W: Great. I have two tickets for a rock concert that starts at 6 p.m. Would you like to go with me?
M: Of course! You know I love rock music.
There is a 'should' in the first sentence of Man. What is the function of it?
W: Brian, are you free this Saturday?
M: Well, I have baseball practice, but it should finish around 3 p.m.
W: Great. I have two tickets for a rock concert that starts at 6 p.m. Would you like to go with me?
M: Of course! You know I love rock music.
There is a 'should' in the first sentence of Man. What is the function of it?
Top answer
It injects uncertainty. A baseball game has no set duration.
- It injects uncertainty.
- A baseball game has no set duration.
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But Brian means, I think, not a game but just a practice. Let me ask it this way. Which modal or other expression can replace ''should'?
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Gu-Hoon KwonBut Brian means, I think, not a game but just a practice. Let me ask it this way. Which modal or other expression can replace ''should'?Most of the modals will fit into "Well, I have baseball practice, but it should finish around 3 p.m", but none of them will carry exactly the same meaning.
'Should' has, in this sentence' the idea
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