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Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)“shall” vs. “will”“will be able to” vs. “can”“Don't know of” vs. “Don't know”when should I use the following sentence. I am little bit confusedWhat is the difference between 'will' and 'would' in question form?“When will you be leaving” vs “When will you leave”“I will just ” vs. “I will ”biocompliant or bio-compliantCan ever x Will everDoes using “and”, “or” or “and/or” change the meaning of these sentences?



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Thanks for your reply, that really makes it clear now.

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There is an important difference. "Should" implies necessity. The building materials need to be stored there at some point in the future and there may be bad consequences if they are not.



"Will" implies that in the future the building materials are going to be stored there as part of a plan.



Please see the following as a reference, which I quote below



In this case, Should here is being used




to give an opinion, to make a suggestion, express a preference or an idea.




and will here is being used




to show the future







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  • I would say that "should" is milder than necessity. To me it implies a recommendation: it is not essential to store them on pallets but it would be better if you did. Standards documents generally use "shall" for mandatory requirements to avoid ambiguity.

    – James Random
    2 hours ago











  • @JamesRandom Neither should nor will implies necessity: should refers to what ought to be done (in the speaker's opinion), and will refers to what is required to be done - but neither relates specifically to necessity.

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There is an important difference. "Should" implies necessity. The building materials need to be stored there at some point in the future and there may be bad consequences if they are not.



"Will" implies that in the future the building materials are going to be stored there as part of a plan.



Please see the following as a reference, which I quote below



In this case, Should here is being used




to give an opinion, to make a suggestion, express a preference or an idea.




and will here is being used




to show the future







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  • I would say that "should" is milder than necessity. To me it implies a recommendation: it is not essential to store them on pallets but it would be better if you did. Standards documents generally use "shall" for mandatory requirements to avoid ambiguity.

    – James Random
    2 hours ago











  • @JamesRandom Neither should nor will implies necessity: should refers to what ought to be done (in the speaker's opinion), and will refers to what is required to be done - but neither relates specifically to necessity.

    – TrevorD
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There is an important difference. "Should" implies necessity. The building materials need to be stored there at some point in the future and there may be bad consequences if they are not.



"Will" implies that in the future the building materials are going to be stored there as part of a plan.



Please see the following as a reference, which I quote below



In this case, Should here is being used




to give an opinion, to make a suggestion, express a preference or an idea.




and will here is being used




to show the future







share|improve this answer

























  • I would say that "should" is milder than necessity. To me it implies a recommendation: it is not essential to store them on pallets but it would be better if you did. Standards documents generally use "shall" for mandatory requirements to avoid ambiguity.

    – James Random
    2 hours ago











  • @JamesRandom Neither should nor will implies necessity: should refers to what ought to be done (in the speaker's opinion), and will refers to what is required to be done - but neither relates specifically to necessity.

    – TrevorD
    1 hour ago













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There is an important difference. "Should" implies necessity. The building materials need to be stored there at some point in the future and there may be bad consequences if they are not.



"Will" implies that in the future the building materials are going to be stored there as part of a plan.



Please see the following as a reference, which I quote below



In this case, Should here is being used




to give an opinion, to make a suggestion, express a preference or an idea.




and will here is being used




to show the future







share|improve this answer















There is an important difference. "Should" implies necessity. The building materials need to be stored there at some point in the future and there may be bad consequences if they are not.



"Will" implies that in the future the building materials are going to be stored there as part of a plan.



Please see the following as a reference, which I quote below



In this case, Should here is being used




to give an opinion, to make a suggestion, express a preference or an idea.




and will here is being used




to show the future








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  • I would say that "should" is milder than necessity. To me it implies a recommendation: it is not essential to store them on pallets but it would be better if you did. Standards documents generally use "shall" for mandatory requirements to avoid ambiguity.

    – James Random
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  • @JamesRandom Neither should nor will implies necessity: should refers to what ought to be done (in the speaker's opinion), and will refers to what is required to be done - but neither relates specifically to necessity.

    – TrevorD
    1 hour ago

















  • I would say that "should" is milder than necessity. To me it implies a recommendation: it is not essential to store them on pallets but it would be better if you did. Standards documents generally use "shall" for mandatory requirements to avoid ambiguity.

    – James Random
    2 hours ago











  • @JamesRandom Neither should nor will implies necessity: should refers to what ought to be done (in the speaker's opinion), and will refers to what is required to be done - but neither relates specifically to necessity.

    – TrevorD
    1 hour ago
















I would say that "should" is milder than necessity. To me it implies a recommendation: it is not essential to store them on pallets but it would be better if you did. Standards documents generally use "shall" for mandatory requirements to avoid ambiguity.

– James Random
2 hours ago





I would say that "should" is milder than necessity. To me it implies a recommendation: it is not essential to store them on pallets but it would be better if you did. Standards documents generally use "shall" for mandatory requirements to avoid ambiguity.

– James Random
2 hours ago













@JamesRandom Neither should nor will implies necessity: should refers to what ought to be done (in the speaker's opinion), and will refers to what is required to be done - but neither relates specifically to necessity.

– TrevorD
1 hour ago





@JamesRandom Neither should nor will implies necessity: should refers to what ought to be done (in the speaker's opinion), and will refers to what is required to be done - but neither relates specifically to necessity.

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