Joseph Brennan wrote:
That's proper usage as taught me by the nuns at St Catharine's. I and we "shall" and "should" do things. I think it is still current usage in Britain but it does sound funny now in America.
I only laugh because, at least around here, the "we should be grateful" would carry an implied "but we're not". Otherwise, it would be "we will be grateful" or similar.
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