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Old Apr 12th, 2007, 07:43 am
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Hmm. I wonder if that's a British-American difference.

As a pharmacist I always said, "You are supposed to take this twice a day." to mean that's what you have to do or what you were told to do.

I think we (Americans) use it as a softer/less direct way of saying 'have to.'

Any others with opinions on this.
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