SHOULD
\ʃˈʊd], \ʃˈʊd], \ʃ_ˈʊ_d]\
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expresses an emotional, practical, or other reason for doing something; "You had better put on warm clothes"; "You should call your mother-in-law"; "The State ought to repair the bridges"
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be expected to; "Parties should be fun"
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Of the verb shall; used, first, to express simple futurity or determination from the standpoint of past time according to the rule for the use of shall; as, expressing simple futurity, he said he should go; i said he would go; expressing determination. He said he would go; i said he should go; used, second, to express condition, supposition, etc.; as, if it should rain, do not go; used, third, to express obligation; as, you should try to do better.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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