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There are three exceptions: good ^ better ^ the best bad ^ worse ^ the worst far ^further ^ the furthest > The weather is better today than it was yesterday. > Alter the war, the situation became worse than before. > Sydney is further than Kuala Lumpur. Unit 22 you should You should stop smoking We use should when something is a good idea; it is a good thing to do. To be polite, you can say, I think you should... S I think you shouldn’t eat so much. S I think you should talk to her about it. S I think you should reconsider our offer. S I don’t think he should attend the conference. Ought to Ought to is the same as should, but generally used only in positive sentences: S I think you ought to eat less. S Perhaps you ought to talk to her about it. S You ought to think about reconsidering. Expectation and probability We can also use should and ought to to talk about something we expect will happen, or something that is likely to happen: 26
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