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what you know about it difference...pls share some

 
 
youdruk
 
Reply Sat 12 Jan, 2013 04:19 am
what's the difference?
i should be reading or i will be reading?
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roger
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jan, 2013 04:23 am
@youdruk,
It depends on what you mean to say.

"I should be reading" could mean you have a reading assignment, but you are doing something else, instead.

"I will be reading" is a statement of what you will be doing sometime in the future.
youdruk
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jan, 2013 10:33 am
@roger,
thank i thought same but i was not so sure......anyway thats for it...
roger
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jan, 2013 04:04 pm
@youdruk,
Don't give up on the language. If you keep at it, it will probably all come together someday.
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jan, 2013 10:38 am
@youdruk,
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what's the difference?
i should be reading or i will be reading?


There could be a number of different meanings. Modal verbs are very complicated because they are used in English to express so many emotive feelings.
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FBM
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jan, 2013 10:50 am
"I should be reading." - Present tense, indicative. It expresses obligation or duty. You might be doing something else and not reading, and maybe feeling guilty about it. It might mean that you are about to stop what you are doing and start reading.

"I will be reading." - Future tense, indicating intent or prediction.

In British English, the form, "I shall be reading" is (I think) equivalent to what an American means when s/he says "I will be reading." A BrE native speaker may correct me on that, of course.
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 19 Jan, 2013 10:34 pm
@FBM,
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"I should be reading." - Present tense, indicative.


Present progressive

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"I will be reading." - Future tense,


English doesn't have a future tense.
youdruk
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2013 03:02 am
@JTT,
thanks for the clarification....
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youdruk
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2013 03:05 am
@roger,
you look lenient frd, thanks for the caring word...i am trying my best to learn it from a long time...pls keep in touch with i may be in need of you later...
take care and c u....
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