Timeline for Is the structure "should do something" JUST advice form of "simple present tense"?
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| Jan 29, 2017 at 17:05 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | According to the dictionary I have to hand (Little Oxford), 'should' can express 'command, obligation, condition, intention, prophecy, and other senses'. "Mary should inform me..." is not so much advice as prediction. "All being well, I expect to receive the information from Mary..." | |
| Jan 29, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | tchrist | First, what do you mean by “an advice form of simple present tense”❓ It isn’t a form of present tense because it is ɴᴏᴛ present tense. As you yourself note, the present tense is Mary informs. So when you use a modal in Mary should inform, there is no present-tense verb involved here at all. Second, exactly what do you mean by “JUST”❓ Lastly, I should warn you that “an advice” does not sound good because we normally prefer that advice be used as a mass noun not as a count noun, so you should take this advisement under consideration in further writing. 😉 | |
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