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15 de ago. de 2012 · You shouldn't take sugar; will you? (That is, will you do that anyway?) You won't take sugar; should you? (That is, should you do that even if you have decided not to?) The first, normal, usage is a simple question tag to confirm the assumption implied in the statement. The second usage is actually inviting a contradiction of the assumption.
22 de mar. de 2020 · Syntactically, shouldn't etc. behave like auxiliaries (eg should): they precede the subject when there is an inversion (eg in questions). Should not is not one word, and does not behave like one word. The should is the auxiliary and precedes the subject when there is an inversion. The not is another part of the verb string, normally following ...
I've seen a contraction of two words. I can't see why it wouldn't've been possible to have been contracted twice. Is it possible and how should it be punctuated? Update: Ok, to sum up the answe...
1. I think that sentence is two clauses and should be punctuated as such. Also, using "any" followed by a singular noun can be grammatically correct sometimes, but it generally sounds better to not use it in most cases. I believe it has something to do with whether or not the noun is countable. "Issue" is a gray area because it might or might ...
Should is weaker; it's used in advice. Plus, quite often, must obligations come from outside (fate, weather, boss, parents, mullah -- somebody or something who or which can enforce the order), while should obligations come from your own conscience, or from people who seem to care about you.
15 de mar. de 2017 · 14. 'Went' is the simple past conjugation of the verb, 'go'. Saying. "I went to class, but..." is correct because the you are simply explaining something that has already happened. However, in the case of. I should have gone to class, but... you need to use the past participle.
1. "I shouldn't have got married when I wasn't ready for it" "I shouldn't have got married on such a wet day", etc'. These are the more common usage with that one. 'I shouldn't have gotten married' is used when the sentence ends there. Indeed it ends there.
17 de jul. de 2019 · Leslie L. 1 1. 1. Both are fine (or not fine, according to how you see things). It all depends on whether you think of the tag question as a shortened version of Your clients are evolving. Shouldn't you evolve [too]? or Your clients are evolving.
19 de jun. de 2013 · carry at least overtones of censure. However, "It should have been done" meaning "There was a moral obligation to do it" can be a mere statement of one's view on a matter, without an implication that someone has failed in their duty. "It needed doing" is the more usual way of saying it, and carries less hint of censure (if stated in level tones).
What is the correct way to contract "should not have", if there is one? "Should have" becomes "should've", "should not" becomes "shouldn't". Is "shouldn't've correct? It seems very strange to have two apostrophes in one word, but it also seems incorrect to skip an apostrophe where letters are omitted.
