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Common
verb
•
Indicates
that the
speaker
has some
strong
advice
but has no
authority
to
enforce
it.
•
ought to
; speaker's
opinion
, or
advice
that an
action
is
correct
,
beneficial
, or
desirable
.
•
Will be
likely
to (become or do something);
indicates
a
degree
of
possibility
or
probability
that the
subject
of the
sentence
is
likely
to
execute
the
sentence
predicate
.
•
Used as a
variant
of
the present
subjunctive
.
•
simple past
tense
of
shall
.
•
A
variant
of would when used with
first person
subjects
.
•
To make a
statement
of what
ought to
be
true
,
as opposed to
reality
.
noun
•
Something that
ought to
be the case
as opposed to
already being the
case
.
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Opposite
shouldn't
Rhymes
cud
pud
hood
wood
good
could
stood
-hood
would
should
bestood
firewood
withstood
Underwood
understood
unwithstood
misunderstood
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Lineage
should
English
sceolde
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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