XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 08/01/2026 02:52, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >             Which is better?   (1 or 2 ?)   
   >   
   > 1.  "For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they    
   like."   
   >   
   > 2.  "For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing   
   they'll  like."   
      
      
   Will or shall?   
      
   Should!   
      
      
   3.  "For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing   
   they should  like."   
      
   Distinct from "ought" even if "should" is bleaching into "ought". Maybe   
   we can save it (it still is used as the conditional sense of shall in   
   places even if it's now merely idiomatic).   
      
   The condition for 3 can be guessed at as "if only they shall still like   
   them and I guessed at the class of things they like correctly" which is   
   why "should" is the right solution.   
      
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