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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mldarshana" data-source="post: 18565700" data-attributes="member: 25657">Should is an auxiliary verb -  a modal auxiliary verb. We use should mainly to:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">give advice or make recommendations</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">talk about obligation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">talk about probability and expectation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">express the conditional mood</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">replace a subjunctive structure</li> </ul>should for advice, opinions   We often use should when offering advice or opinions (similar to ought to): <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You should see the new James Bond movie. It's great!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You should try to lose weight.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">John should get a haircut.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He shouldn't smoke. And he should stop drinking too.</li> </ul>should for obligation, duty, correctness  Another use of should  (also similar to ought to) is to indicate a kind of obligation, duty or correctness, often when criticizing another person:    <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You should be wearing your seat belt. (obligation)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I should be at work now. (duty)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You shouldn't have said that to her. (correctness)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He should have been more careful.</li> </ul>should for probability, expectation   We use should to indicate that we think something is probable (we expect it to happen):   <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Are you ready? The train should be here soon.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">$10 is enough. It shouldn't cost more than that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Let's call Mary. She should have finished work by now.</li> </ul>      should for conditionals  We sometimes use should (instead of would) for the first person singular and plural (I, we) of some conditionals:   <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If I lost my job I should have no money. (If he lost his job he would have no money.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We should be grateful if you could send us your latest catalogue.</li> </ul>should for If I were you I should...  We often use the conditional structure "If I were you I should..." to give advice.  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If I were you, I should  complain to the manager.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If I were you, I shouldn't worry about it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I shouldn't say anything if I were you.</li> </ul>Note that we can omit "If I were you..." and just say:  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I should  complain to the manager.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I shouldn't worry about it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I shouldn't say anything.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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