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Re: Meaning of life
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:47 pm
by Hobbes' Choice
duszek wrote:"should" can be used in conditional sentences
In case you arrive late please do this and that. =
Should you arrive late please do this and that.
Should is subjuctive mood of shall.
Perhaps the French grammar could provide some further explanation.
Do we have any French grammarians here ?
The Norman conquest, you know.
I love to explore linguistic enigmas, don´t you ?
Should is from shall. It's English, not French.
Should indicates what ought to be in terms of obligation or probability.
Re: Meaning of life
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:13 pm
by duszek
Shall indicates future.
It shall rain tomorrow.
If the future is very speculative we use the subjuctive mood:
It should rain tomorrow. (But people prefer to say: it might rain tomorrow.)
The inversion indicates conditionality:
Should it rain tomorrow ...
Re: Meaning of life
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:29 pm
by Hobbes' Choice
duszek wrote:Shall indicates future.
It shall rain tomorrow.
If the future is very speculative we use the subjuctive mood:
It should rain tomorrow. (But people prefer to say: it might rain tomorrow.)
The inversion indicates conditionality:
Should it rain tomorrow ...
Shall indicates intention.
I shall walk to work tomorrow.
Should indicates obligation
I should walk to work (but probably will not)
Re: Meaning of life
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:34 am
by surreptitious57
Kristofer wrote:
Based on what would you figure out the meaning of life? What makes you happy?
There is no meaning to life
per se however you can give meaning to your own life
I am not interested in being happy but in being content [ they are not the same ]