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Wangqh2696122 Posted 16 years ago
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Would or should

---How is your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?

---It ____ be, but it is now heavily polluted.

A. would B. should

The suggested answer is B, but I think A is correct.
  

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wangqh2696122 The suggested answer is B, but I think A is correct. B is definitely the better answer. It should be indicates that you expected the lake to be beautiful.

— CalifJim

  • wangqh2696122 The suggested answer is B, but I think A is correct.
  • B is definitely the better answer.
  • It should be indicates that you expected the lake to be beautiful.
  • I can see how A might seem right as well (as a substitute for would have ), but it's really not very good in comparison to B.
  • A turns out to be a somewhat vacuous remark.
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wangqh2696122The suggested answer is B, but I think A is correct.
B is definitely the better answer. It should be indicates that you expected the lake to be beautiful.

I can see how A might seem right as well (as a substitute for would have), but it's really not very good in comparison to B.

A turns out to be a somewhat vacuous
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