Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:25:19 +0900

From: Hideho Ida hida[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.DOSHISHA.AC.JP

Subject: A question about the meaning of "should have to."



About "should have to" and "shouldn't have to".



I would like to have your comment about the meaning of the

following sentences:



1 Poor people shouldn't have to pay the same taxes as rich people.



Which sense does this sentence (1) have among the following?



a It is not desirable that poor people have to pay the same taxes

as rich people.



b It is absolutely unnecessay that poor people pay the same taxes

as rich peole.





2 People in society should have to be required to vote in

elections.



Which sense does this sentence (2) have among the following?



c It is desirable that people in society have to be required to

vote in elctions.



d It is absolutely necessary that people be required to vote in

elections.





I found these sentences (1 and 2) in an English textbook published

in US.



I would like to have some comment by those interested in English

usage. Any comment to the sentences from the grammatical

view-point is welcome. Thanks in advance.



Hideho Ida

hida[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.doshisha.ac.jp