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[i4NI]

After looking through my electronic dictionary for examples, I came to realize theres more ways to use them than I originally thought. Anyone know of a good website that thoroughly discusses all the uses?

Thanks

[i4NI]

Well since no one has helped yet, so I made my own lesson with "should" mainly going off dictionaries and I added my own examples and a few of my own sentences. This is just a rough draft, so any suggestions or corrections? I definitely need to dumb down and rewrite the sentences so they are easier to understand for a non native speaker.

http://www.bluesoju.com/misc/Should.doc

Thanks

On a few other sources it said something along the lines of " Indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate" but it also seems along the lines of "expresses desirability or rightness. " (which I already have as the definition)

They seem different but work for the same sentences such as
"You should brush your teeth every day."

Help?

[maingman]

1 http://www.spellingcity.com/
practices spelling

2 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

3 http://www.zozanga.com/

4 http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/

5 http://www.englishdaily626.com/

6 http://www.usingenglish.com/

[jhuntingtonus]

Homely advice from a native speaker:

COULD - indicates ability to do something: "I could go to Mongolia instead of Korea if I wanted to"

SHOULD - indicates that the speaker thinks a course of action is indicated: "You should try both Priceline and Expedia when looking for low airline fares"

WOULD - indicates the the speaker would complete a course of action under stated circumstances: "If someone offered me an air-conditioned yurt and a beautiful harem of local girls, I would take a job in Ulan Bator"

All of these can be in questions as well as statements: "Could you go to the store and buy some beef?" "Should I visit Korea first before moving there?" "Would you pay for the groceries today?"

These words figure in some of the most bizarre verbs in any language. For example, CAN'T or CANNOT means inability do something (or willingness, in most social situations), but COULDN'T is past tense, and WON'T BE ABLE TO is future tense! Nobody said English was regular...