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I don't think this is entirely true. "Shall" is the more traditional first person auxiliary verb (singular and plural) for the future tense; most people use "will" now in all persons and numbers, and I would expect the GMAT to do the same, except perhaps in a RC passage. "Shall" is also used for obligation in the second and third persons.crick wrote:I have some idea about the following:
shall and should : never saw a shall in a GMAT SC question. should is only used to indicate "moral obligation". (The court should pass the law).
"Could" is also the past tense of "can."can and could: can/could is used to show probability(as opposed to certainity by will).
so what does this mean? can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?Fractal wrote:shall and should
will and would
may and might
can and could
mote and must
can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?`
e.g. if i were you, i should/would/might/could/must....
thx
Fractal wrote:so what does this mean? can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?Fractal wrote:shall and should
will and would
may and might
can and could
mote and must
can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?`
e.g. if i were you, i should/would/might/could/must....
thx
e.g. if i were you, i should be more polite to this guy - correct?
Nopes according to me it's incorrect because with subjunctive verb [were] over here one shouldn't use should
e.g. if i go to the station, i might get a ticket - correct?
If I go to the station, I may get a ticket is the correct one. Might is used for past tense
e.g. if i went to the bus on hour earlier, i could get at the airport on time - correct?
If I go to the bus an hour earlier, I can/may get at the airport on time
If I had gone to the bus earlier, I could have/might have got at the airport on time
could an expert explain this issue?
thx a lot
Can is used to show ability . Could shows possibilitycrick wrote:I have some idea about the following:
shall and should : never saw a shall in a GMAT SC question. should is only used to indicate "moral obligation". (The court should pass the law).
will and would: will is used to show certainity in future (as opposed to can/could/would). would is used as conditional and sometimes just as past tense of will (If x happened, Y would happen).
can and could: can/could is used to show probability(as opposed to certainity by will).
Crick
You cannot use all those words interchangeably without altering the sense of the sentence, and some of the combinations are not correct. Is that what you are asking?Fractal wrote:so what does this mean? can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?Fractal wrote:shall and should
will and would
may and might
can and could
mote and must
can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?`
e.g. if i were you, i should/would/might/could/must....
thx
e.g. if i were you, i should be more polite to this guy - correct?
e.g. if i go to the station, i might get a ticket - correct?
e.g. if i went to the bus on hour earlier, i could get at the airport on time - correct?
could an expert explain this issue?
thx a lot
i know that it alters the meaning of the sentence, but don't really know which expressions are correct and which are incorrect....Jim@Grockit wrote:You cannot use all those words interchangeably without altering the sense of the sentence, and some of the combinations are not correct. Is that what you are asking?Fractal wrote:so what does this mean? can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?Fractal wrote:shall and should
will and would
may and might
can and could
mote and must
can should, would, might, could and must be used changeable in "if-then-clauses"?`
e.g. if i were you, i should/would/might/could/must....
thx
e.g. if i were you, i should be more polite to this guy - correct?
e.g. if i go to the station, i might get a ticket - correct?
e.g. if i went to the bus on hour earlier, i could get at the airport on time - correct?
could an expert explain this issue?
thx a lot
