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Discussion Groups / British English / July 2008must vs. should
hello all, please tell me what's the difference in usage of these two verbs: "must" and "should". which way is more convenient? - "he must do smth" / "it must to be done" / "i must do smth" or - "he should do smth" / "it should be done" / "i should do smth" etc. thanks, Alexey > hello all, > please tell me what's the difference in usage of these two verbs: > "must" and "should". which way is more convenient? > - "he must do smth" / "it must to be done" / "i must do smth" or A strong obligation or a necessity > - "he should do smth" / "it should be done" / "i should do smth" etc. A weak obligation or a recommendation Regards, Einde O'Callaghan >> hello all, >> please tell me what's the difference in usage of these two verbs: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Regards, Einde O'Callaghan thank you for your explanations, Einde. the point is when i learned englisn in school (it was more than 20 years ego) teachers taught us to use "must". but now, when i speak english at work, everybody use only "should". what's this? maybe an echo of political correctness? or smth else? one more question, is it widespread to say smth like "he tolds me" instead of "he told me"? regards, AN At 22:07:17 on Thu, 19 Jun 2008, dorris26 <dorris26@algo-sync.letters.org> wrote in <qg7l54hu2i9n2v9vlv5rd787mtold4qlt6@4ax.com>: >one more question, is it widespread to say smth like "he tolds me" >instead of "he told me"? No. To say that would be not only absolutely wrong, but also totally illogical (trying to combine past tense with present tense!). I have never in my life heard anybody say that, and never expect to.  SignatureMolly Mockford They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.) >>> hello all, >>> please tell me what's the difference in usage of these two verbs: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > only "should". what's this? maybe an echo of political correctness? or > smth else? I doubt it. They're giving advice, not orders. > one more question, is it widespread to say smth like "he tolds me" > instead of "he told me"? No - not in standard English or in any dialect I know of. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Try: http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htm At 17:33:58 on Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Marius.Hancu@gmail.com wrote in <0f9f1a14-3498-43a3-b911-337ff6095316@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com>: >Try: >http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htm I never saw the original post; however, MUST/SHOULD/MAY, in the context of Usenet (which is where we all are, children), is very clearly defined in <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt>; RFC2119 / Bradner97. SignatureMolly Mockford They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.) |
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