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| The modal verb..shall has two meanings as in: A) Shall becomes would when it refers to the future ( changing to reported speech) E.g. "I shall tell them everything" ( direct speech) I decided I would tell them everthing. ( reported speech) B) Shall becomes should when it is a suggestion ( when changing to reported speech) Shall we tell the manager?" ( direct) She suggested that they should tell the manager. ( reported) ***I am confused as in whether it only applies to the subject pronoun I and We. Can I apply the above usage to other subject pronouns such as he, she or they? E.g. "He shall lose weight." Please advise... thanks sooooo much, teachers |
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| shall is used with 1st person pronouns 'I' and 'We': I shall You will S/he will It will We shall You will They will should is commonly replaced by 'would', especially in North American speech. I should / would You would S/he would It would We should / would You would They would All the best, |
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| For the further usage of 'should', have a look at http://dictionary.cambridge.org/resu...rchword=should :) |
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