What is the tense of "You should do that."? Also, what about the tense of if-conditionals.
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It does not have a tense. It is a modal auxilliary, which in English are not inflected for tense. – RegDwigнt Jul 24 '20 at 12:14
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"should" is a "modal" verb. In your case I'd say it's Present Tense "conditional mood", but I'm sure there are many different terminological schemas – FumbleFingers Jul 24 '20 at 12:14