Taxpayers paid £100bn Energy price support and £10bn Ukraine military and other aid to date

[White Hat]

I just came across the following sentence on petition.parliament.uk: "Taxpayers paid £100bn Energy price support and £10bn Ukraine military and other aid to date.". Isn't it supposed to be 'have paid' there? Might that be a typo?

 

[emsr2d2]

I just came across the following sentence on petition.parliament.uk:

"Taxpayers paid £100bn energy price support and £10bn Ukraine military and other aid to date." no full stop here

Isn't it supposed to Shouldn't it be 'have paid' there? Might that be a typo?

It's either a typo or a plain and simple error on the part of the author. If you copied it exactly, I suspect it's an error since they incorrectly capitalised "energy" as well.

 

[White Hat]

Isn't it supposed to Shouldn't it be 'have paid' there? Might that be a typo?

My English used to be heavily influenced by the way they spoke the language in the U.S. state of Connecticut. That's where I picked up 'to be supposed to do something'. Is my usage of it absolutely incorrect or is 'should' just a better option in this case?

 

[White Hat]

I've found a similar usage here:

 

[Tarheel]

@White Hat I guess it's an Americanism. (I'm fine with it.) In any case, "Shouldn't it be" is a bit more natural (to me):and is shorter (@emsr2d2 is British.)