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I should like to add vs. I would like to add?



 
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I should like to add vs. I would like to add? #1 (permalink) Fri Oct 09, 2009 20:56 pm   I should like to add vs. I would like to add?
 

Would someone please teach me when to say, "I should like to add..."
or "I would like to add..."

Thank you so much.
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I should like to add vs. I would like to add? #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 09, 2009 21:39 pm   I should like to add vs. I would like to add?
 

HI,
I should like to add: by this sentence you express that to add something is the right thing to do.
I would like to add: by this sentence you express a wish, and that to add something is an action that you like to do.
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I should like to add vs. I would like to add? #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 09, 2009 22:01 pm   I should like to add vs. I would like to add?
 

Or, if you were very traditionally minded, you would always use "shall" and "should" for the first person in plain future and conditional; never "I would like". There would then be no sense of obligation in "I should". However, by far most native speakers use "will" and "would" for all persons now; but in classical literature, or in present-day conservative circles, the old usage can still be found.
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