navi tasan
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2002
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Persian
- Home Country
- Iran
- Current Location
- United States
1-You should not receive a blow to the head. If you do, your eyesight might be damaged.
2-You must not receive a blow to the head. If you do, your eyesight might be damaged.
3-You are not to receive a blow to the head. If you do, your eyesight might be damaged.
Which sentences are acceptable if the context is that of a doctor talking to a patient. In other words, the sentences are not supposed to express commands. The person to whom they are addressed is not "answerable" to the person uttering them but has to abide by them for his own sake.
2-You must not receive a blow to the head. If you do, your eyesight might be damaged.
3-You are not to receive a blow to the head. If you do, your eyesight might be damaged.
Which sentences are acceptable if the context is that of a doctor talking to a patient. In other words, the sentences are not supposed to express commands. The person to whom they are addressed is not "answerable" to the person uttering them but has to abide by them for his own sake.