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Hanuman_2000 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Could have

Hello,

1. You could have helped me.

Does this indicate the past time?

"could have +PP" is used for past only?

Thanks.
  

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There is always connection with past time, though there can be references to other times: You could have gone to America next week if you had known that you were going to be free. The potential to go to America exited in the past.

— Fivejedjon

  • There is always connection with past time, though there can be references to other times: You could have gone to America next week if you had known that you were going to be free.
  • The potential to go to America exited in the past.
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There is always connection with past time, though there can be references to other times:

You could have gone to America next week if you had known that you were going to be free.

The potential to go to America exited in the past.
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