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Tending toward, inclined to, as in She was given to eating crackers in bed. [Late 1500s]

QUIZ

SHALL WE PLAY A "SHALL" VS. "SHOULD" CHALLENGE?

Should you take this quiz on “shall” versus “should”? It should prove to be a quick challenge!

Question 1 of 6

Which form is used to state an obligation or duty someone has?

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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
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All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
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The king was struck with horror at the description I had given him of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made.
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