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🔰Should2⃣ 🔻We can use‘should’after‘reporting verbs’such asdemand, insist, propose, recommend, suggest 🔹He demanded that we should pay for the repair. 🔹She insisted that she should pay for the meal. 🔹I have proposed that he should take charge of the organization. 🔹The committee recommends that Jane should be appointed. 🔹We have suggested that Michael should be given a reward for his hard work. 🔻However, it is also possible to say exactly the same thing by omitting the‘should’and just using the infinitive form without‘to’ . Some people call this the‘subjunctive’form. 🔹He demanded that we pay for the repair. 🔹She insisted that she pay for the meal. 🔹I have proposed that he take charge of the organization. 🔹The committee recommends that Jane be appointed. 🔹We have suggested that Michael be given a reward for his hard work. 🔻We can use‘should’after various adjectives. Typical examples are : funny, interesting, natural, odd, strange, surprised, surprising, typical 🔹It’s funny that you should say that. I was thinking exactly the same thing. 🔹It’s interesting that they should offer him the job. Not an obvious choice. 🔹It’s natural that you should be anxious. Nobody likes speaking in public. 🔹Isn’t it odd that he should be going to the same tiny hotel? What a coincidence. 🔹It’s strange that you should think so. Nobody else does. 🔻We can use‘should’in‘if clauses’when we believe that the possibility of something happening is small. 🔹If you should happen to see him before I do, can you tell him that I want to speak to him urgently? 🔹If there should be a problem, just give me a call and I’ll sort it out. 🔹If anyone should ask where I am, say I’m in a meeting. 🔻We use‘should’in various fixed expressions. ✨To show strong agreement 🔹_They’re paying you compensation? _I should think so. ✨To express pleasure when you receive a gift 🔹What a fantastic present. You really shouldn’t have. ✨To emphasize a visible emotion 🔹You should have seen the look on her face when she found out that she had got the promotion. @EnglishGrammarSecrets