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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Can I change this "shouldn't have been" into "wasn't"?

0It is surprising that she 01b00shouldn't have been02b00 invited. 02br
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00I wonder if I could simply change the "shouldn't have been" into "wasn't" and still the same in tense? Like:02br
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00It is surprising that she01b00 wasn't02b00 invited. 02br
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00Are these two sentences are the same as to their tense? I'm not sure about this, so I come here for more opinion, thank you!0-
  

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02br 00Yes, you can. The modal sentence-- as modals do-- expresses the speaker's mood about the information, where 'wasn't' merely gives the fact. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00Yes, you can.
  • The modal sentence-- as modals do-- expresses the speaker's mood about the information, where 'wasn't' merely gives the fact.
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00Yes, you can. The modal sentence-- as modals do-- expresses the speaker's mood about the information, where 'wasn't' merely gives the fact. The time frame is the same, though of course the verb tenses are different.0-
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0Yes, you can. 02br
00Close, but slightly different:02br
01i00It is surprising that she 01b00shouldn't have been02b00 invited.02i00 01font00Using 01b00putative should (subjunctive mood). 02b00My reading:01b00 02b00it's surprising it 01b00happene
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0Thank you, Mister Micawber and Marius Hancu. I completely understand now.050010id1
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0Thank you, Mister Micawber and Marius Hancu. I completely understand now.050010id1
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0 As I've just mentioned in another thread: 02br
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00Several good comments in this thread at another site (see esp those by 01b00gdwdwrkr, hsargent, Phil Hunt02b00):02br
00 BrE: Whom 01b00should02b00 he see coming along02br
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