Ex 20 Study the following chart. Translate the sentences into Russian
Meaning
| With a Non-Perfect Infinitive (Present, Future; of past in Reported Speech)
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moral obligation, advice, disapproval
| You should work harder.
The work should be done at once.
You should be more careful next time.
He should stop smoking.
He said that I should thank her.
You shouldn't laugh at his mistake.
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Meaning
| With a Perfect Infinitive (past,or prior to the moment of speech)
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criticism of a past action (disapproval, reproach, regret)
| You should have told him the whole truth. (But you didn't.) She should have been told the truth. (She wasn't.)
I should have sent the telegram at once. (I didn't. I am sorry.)
You shouldn't have mentioned the fact in her presence. (But you did.)
I said that she shouldn't have let him go so early. (But she had and it was wrong.)
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