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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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About the sentence and a word.

Sentence: He might not have took/taken medicines.

Question: Which form, took or taken, is right? What does the sentence say/mean by that?
  

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He might not have taken medicines. Without more context it is not possible to say exactly what it means. It probably means that it is/was possible that he did not take medicines.

— Fivejedjon

  • He might not have taken medicines.
  • Without more context it is not possible to say exactly what it means.
  • It probably means that it is/was possible that he did not take medicines.
  • We cannot tell from this one sentence whether he did not take medicines, or whether the speakers knows whether he took medicines.
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He might not have taken medicines.

Without more context it is not possible to say exactly what it means. It probably means that it is/was possible that he did not take medicines. We cannot tell from this one sentence whether he did not take medicines, or whether the speakers knows whether he took medicines.
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fivejedjonHe might not have taken medicines.Without more context it is not possible to say exactly what it means. It probably means that it is/was possible that he did not take medicines. We cannot tell from this one sentence whether he did not take medicines, or whether the speakers knows whether he took medicines.
But the sentence makes sense; it is not wron
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AnonymousBut the sentence makes sense; it is not wrong, no?
It is acceptable grammatically, but it is ambiguous without more context.
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