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Old 04-Dec-2003, 13:51
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Originally Posted by navi tasan
This is getting interesting, and confusing.

1-It is strange that they should be so rude.
2-It is strange that they are so rude.

I think here 1 implies a bit of doubt as to their being rude. "The whole thing is strange. Maybe we have misinterpreted their acts, although they do seem to be rude."
The second sentence leaves no doubt as to their have being rude. But if one uses "sad" instead of "strange", it will all come down to the same thing.
I'm not sure it's doubt about the rudeness, but it might suggest that this was not characteristic behaviour in the first example.

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Originally Posted by navi tasan
4-It is better that he should go there.

I would tend to interpret it as "It would be better if he went there." But I don't think that the second interpretation is excluded. The sentence could be used when he does actually go there.
It could be used meaning him and not someone else.
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