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