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Latest post Tue, Mar 18 2008 11:35 AM by Marius Hancu. 4 replies.
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Viceidol  +  490222 Tue, 18 Mar 08 09:32 AM
If you agreed, she should get married to Bill.

May I ask what's the meaning of this sentence? What does "should" mean here? Does this "should" mean the same thing as the one in the following example?

If I had enough money, I should buy it.

Please help me with this, thank you very much!!

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Creativeguru  +  490227 Tue, 18 Mar 08 09:54 AM
yes it means the same

As I have enough money I can buy it, so I should buy it similarly as now he is agreed so she should marry

I think this explanation is suffice for you to understand, I tried my best.

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Marius Hancu, 1 yr 252 days ago
>this explanation is suffice for you to understand

this is bad English 

Creativeguru, 1 yr 252 days ago
Kindly help me so I can improve
Marius Hancu  +  490241 Tue, 18 Mar 08 11:35 AM
 
Viceidol

If you agreed, she should get married to Bill.

May I ask what's the meaning of this sentence? What does "should" mean here? Does this "should" mean the same thing as the one in the following example?

If I had enough money, I should buy it.


Not necessarily.

In the first sentence should could also mean ought to. Only more context could clarify that.

The context in the 2nd is more clear, if one has enough money, buying something comes naturally, thus an equivalent of "would" is relatively clear cut/obvious. 

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