word choice - When should we use and and or and or? - English . . . It should be avoided, and people who use it should be made fun of It exists because there are three ways to use the words and and or: Eat your peas and carrots Do you want steak, salad, potatoes, or what? You can either look at your cake, or you can eat it In the first, you must eat both your peas and your carrots
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Should I vs. Shall I vs. Do I in AE 2 For asking advice in American-English in a colloquial context, only "should" sounds good to me There are two problems with "shall " First, as Horatio says, "shall I" sounds more like an offer than a request Second, "shall" generally sounds affected to me, and I certainly wouldn't consider it "colloquial" in this context