this shouldn't exist

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

So in any ideal society we're designing, surely we'd want to say: this should not exist.

So in any ideal society we're designing, surely we'd want to say that this should not exist.

A criminal justice system as medieval and gruesome as this should not exist in the world today.

This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft and cruelty".

Essentially, this thing shouldn't exist outside of Apple.

(Again, I'm not saying this new movie shouldn't exist, just that it shouldn't be called "RoboCop").

Lesson learned: anime is completely ludicrous and this sort of action shouldn't exist in the mind of a measured human being.

We used to accept this crap of: We're not worthy, and we shouldn't exist, like this government is trying to push down our throats.

Homelessness simply shouldn't exist in this day and age.

This doesn't mean the section shouldn't exist: hipsters like good literature, and their preferences provide a helpful means of thinking about and organizing books.

Childcare workers drop by to check up on kids who didn't turn up to school that day, and concrete verandas covered in glass from broken bottles point to an alcohol problem that shouldn't exist in this dry community.