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Mahmer Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Can have/must have/should have

0 is there any differences 02br
00she mustnt have called you,bez she was with us 02br
00she cant have called u............ 02br
00she shouldnt have called u...................... 0-
  

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0The first two have the same meaning; the third doesn't actually make sense to me-- it seems to mean 'she called but she was wrong to have done so'. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 0The first two have the same meaning; the third doesn't actually make sense to me-- it seems to mean 'she called but she was wrong to have done so'.
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0The first two have the same meaning; the third doesn't actually make sense to me-- it seems to mean 'she called but she was wrong to have done so'. 0-
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0 Mahmer: is there any differences 02br
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00she mustnt have called you,bez she was with us 02br
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00RH: This 00 is poooossible but it sounds a wee bit strange given the circumstances. 00 means a logical deduction made because the overwhelming preponderance of evidence suggests that. More simply, 00 is used when we are very very very sur
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00...she mustnt have called you...12blockquote
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00This has a very melodramatic effect, to my mind, as if the speaker were saying, 'I don't care what you say, it 01i00can't02i00 be true that she called you!' 02br
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00However, since this phrase is followed by a 'reason', which the speake
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