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  • "For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like."

    From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Thu Jan 8 02:52:09 2026
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    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."


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    Take for example, expensive $200 LEGO kits...

    We 've changed as people (in the last 50 or 60 years), haven't we?

    -------- everything (our tastes, our Hobbies) are more specialized, now?


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    Do most LEGO fans like plastic models, and vice versa?
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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Thu Jan 8 06:03:22 2026
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    Verily, in article <1767840729-4055@newsgrouper.org>, did
    HenHanna@NewsGrouper deliver unto us this message:

    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."

    I suppose it depends on whether the thing already exists. If it does, I
    prefer #1. If the thing is new or still being developed, I prefer #2.
    --
    Trustworthy words are not pretty;
    Pretty words are not trustworthy.

    -Lao-Tzu spoke those pretty words.
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  • From Tristan Wibberley@tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Thu Jan 8 12:30:38 2026
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    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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