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"We will retain his rights should he wish to be moved elsewhere at a later date"

What are the rules with using "should" like that? should he wish to and so on.

Because it looks weird. but I know it's correct as it's not the first time I'm seeing "should" being used like that.

thank you

yair
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  • It means in the event that but is used with the bare infinitive, so should he wish = in the event that he wishes. –  Jun 24 '19 at 06:48
  • See also https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/224118/simple-explanation-of-the-many-functional-uses-of-should – Xanne Jun 24 '19 at 06:57
  • It's quite a common conditional construction. "Should he wish to be moved elsewhere at a later date" is the protasis consisting of a conditional clause, where the special conditional "should" triggers inversion ("he should ~ should he"). It's the equivalent of "if he should wish to be moved elsewhere ...". – BillJ Jun 24 '19 at 11:19

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