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Should vs Will?
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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What is the difference, if any, between the following:
the building materials should be stored on pallets
the building materials will be stored on pallets
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What is the difference, if any, between the following:
the building materials should be stored on pallets
the building materials will be stored on pallets
meaning
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What is the difference, if any, between the following:
the building materials should be stored on pallets
the building materials will be stored on pallets
meaning
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What is the difference, if any, between the following:
the building materials should be stored on pallets
the building materials will be stored on pallets
meaning
meaning
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Thanks for your reply, that really makes it clear now.
– Andy Warren
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Thanks for your reply, that really makes it clear now.
– Andy Warren
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Thanks for your reply, that really makes it clear now.
– Andy Warren
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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
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
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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
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
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
875311
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
add a comment |
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
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
875311
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
add a comment |
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
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
875311
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
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
875311
edited 2 hours ago
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
875311
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
875311
answered 5 hours ago
KarlomanioKarlomanio
875311
875311
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
add a comment |
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.
– TrevorD
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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