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Should vs Shall Legal explanation

Shall and Should are both modal verbs.

1. Shall expresses certain laws and rules

Examples:
You shall abide by the law.
Students shall not enter this room.

2. Something take place or exist in the future

a) We use shall for offers

Examples:
Shall I pick you up from airport?
Shall we dance?

b) Suggestion

Examples:
Shall I open the window?
What time shall we meet?

c) Future expression and promises

Example:
I shall be here at 7 tomorrow.

Should is the past tense of shall

1. We can use it as a personal opinion

Examples:
You should go to the police.
You should see a doctor.

2. Use to express that we wish something had happened but it didn’t

Example:
You should have seen it, it was beautiful.

3. Should used to ask for someone’s opinion

Example:
What should we do now?

4. Used something expected or correct

Example:
Everybody should arrive by 6 pm.

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Is class Finished or Ended?

Class is finished or ended? When you use the verb is you should use finished. Like this: Class is finished. You can also say: I have finished my class or the class / course is over. IS ended or HAS ended If you want to use ended then you have to use the verb HAS. Like this: The class has been […]

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What is the difference between Finish and Complete?

Are the words Complete and Finished the same? Finish and complete are close synonyms. That means that they have a very similar meaning and only a small difference. In many cases you can use either finish or complete. However, when you want to be specific and precise it’s best to know how different finish and […]

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Postpone TO, FOR, UNTIL, AFTER, BY ?✅

As you have probably figured out by now, prepositions in English can be tricky and can change the entire meaning of the sentence. Postpone TO or FOR Therefore, you need to be careful when using prepositions especially with verbs like postpone as “postpone to” and “postpone for” for example have completely different meanings. Let’s have […]

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Subject and Predicate Exercises! – MyEnglishTeacher.eu

In order to have a complete sentence, each sentence must have a subject and a verb. These two parts of speech are the fundamental part of the subject and predicate that make up a sentence. Every sentence has a subject and a predicate, or it is not considered a complete sentence. What is a Subject? […]

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Vowels and Consonants in English!

For many learners of English, one of the hardest things to grasp about the language is its pronunciation. Not only are there many accents to get accustomed to – American, British, Australian, among others – but there are many fundamental sounds within the language that can be difficult to produce. To make things even worse, […]

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IN, ON, AT – Preposition of Place!

As an English teacher I often see prepositions used incorrectly. This happens even to upper Intermediate level students. Don’t worry, I am here to help with that. As an English speaker you are probably aware that there is a difference between on and at and even in. Most students roll a dice to figure out […]

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What is the opposite of One in English?

Opposite of One There are actually two or more opposites to one. There can be one of anything, and as a number, there are two numbers that are close opposite. none, or zero two. If there is one of something there can also be none of it, or two. These are the closest opposites. However, […]

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? 100+ Prepositional Phrase Sentences List ✅ & Prepositions

Have you ever thought about the different things that a frog could do to a log? The frog could be on the log, on top of the log, below or under the log, beside the log, between two logs, or any other infinite number of possibilities. When I was younger, my teacher used the silly […]

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36 Examples of Verb + Noun Collocations [List]

Verb Noun Collocations A collocation means that two or more words often go together. They are considered to be parts of one larger phrase. Verbs and nouns have a lot of fixed collocations that are set phrases. In a collocation, these words form the phrase, and exchanging any word for another makes this phrase wrong. Using the […]

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