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Is there a difference in meaning between using 「である」 and 「の」 before 「はず」?
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Is there a difference between using 「である」 and 「の」 before 「はず」?
There is no difference in meaning between the two:

> Both 「～～ **である** はず」 and 「～～ **の** はず」 mean " **expected to be ~~** ", " **
> _must be ~~_** ", etc.

**The difference is basically in the formality. The former is more formal than
the latter**.

One more "difference" I would like to mention is regarding what words can
precede the two expressions.

Nouns can precede both 「～～ **である** はず」 and 「～～ **の** はず」 with no problems. You
can say either 「スミスさん **である** はず」 or 「スミスさん **の** はず」 to mean "has got to be
Mr./Ms. Smith".

The stems of na-adjectives can only precede 「～～ **である** はず」 as in 「きれいであるはず」.
Careful speakers would **_not_** say 「きれい **の** はず」 because they would say
「きれい **な** はず」.

Finally, i-adjectives and verbs **_cannot_** directly precede either of the
two expressions in question. Those can only directly precede just 「はず」 as in
「かわいい **はず** ♡」、「来{く}る **はず** 」, etc.
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