In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 159 in MODALITY and ELLIPSIS is defined as:
‘should’ and ‘shouldn’t’ without a following verb where the previous main verb is understood
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A search on iWeb for the cluster: * * * * should .
B1 vocabulary: familiar, seriously, B2: efficiently, function
1 AS WELL AS IT SHOULD . 512
2 DOES N’T MEAN YOU SHOULD . 479
3 AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD . 344
4 AS MUCH AS I SHOULD . 338
5 DOES NT MEAN YOU SHOULD . 319
6 IS WORKING AS IT SHOULD . 292
7 EVERYTHING WORKS AS IT SHOULD . 274
8 AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD . 238
9 AS OFTEN AS I SHOULD . 167
10 AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD . 157
11 WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD . 141
12 AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD . 134
13 AS OFTEN AS THEY SHOULD . 128
14 WORK THE WAY IT SHOULD . 120
15 IF NOT , YOU SHOULD . 116
16 IT WORKS AS IT SHOULD . 111
17 NOT WORKING AS IT SHOULD . 101
18 ARE WORKING AS THEY SHOULD . 100
19 SOUND FAMILIAR ? IT SHOULD . 94
20 SOUNDS FAMILIAR , IT SHOULD . 94
21 TO WORK AS IT SHOULD . 93
22 WORK THE WAY THEY SHOULD . 92
23 THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD . 88
24 THAN YOU THINK YOU SHOULD . 86
25 AS MUCH AS YOU SHOULD . 80
26 AS LONG AS THEY SHOULD . 76
27 AS SERIOUSLY AS THEY SHOULD . 76
28 WORKS THE WAY IT SHOULD . 76
29 AS LONG AS IT SHOULD . 73
30 N’T WORK AS IT SHOULD . 73
31 , AS WELL THEY SHOULD . 70
32 N’T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD . 70
33 DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD . 69
34 AS OFTEN AS WE SHOULD . 66
35 EVERYTHING WORKED AS IT SHOULD . 66
36 AS OFTEN AS IT SHOULD . 65
37 MORE OFTEN THAN IT SHOULD . 63
38 OR AT LEAST IT SHOULD . 63
39 AND WORKS AS IT SHOULD . 62
40 AS WELL AS I SHOULD . 61
41 NOT WORK AS IT SHOULD . 61
42 AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD . 60
43 TO FUNCTION AS IT SHOULD . 57
44 NOT WORKING AS THEY SHOULD . 55
45 AS OFTEN AS YOU SHOULD . 53
46 DOES N’T MEAN WE SHOULD . 53
47 WORKS EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD . 53
48 AS EFFICIENTLY AS IT SHOULD . 51
49 IS FUNCTIONING AS IT SHOULD . 51
Negative is less common:
A2 vocabulary: fact, least, mean, probably, reason (3)
1 DOES N’T MEAN YOU SHOULD N’T . 24
2 NO , YOU SHOULD N’T . 19
3 NO REASON WHY IT SHOULD N’T . 17
4 IN FACT , YOU SHOULD N’T . 13
5 AT LEAST , IT SHOULD N’T . 12
6 NO REASON WHY THEY SHOULD N’T . 12
7 NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD N’T . 12
8 , BUT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD N’T . 11
9 NO , IT SHOULD N’T . 11
10 . BUT IT SHOULD N’T . 10