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could have been
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00 Is that true that we use 'could have been' or 'would have been' or 'might have been/may have been' to express certain modal notions like intention and probability in the past-time setting? Are they correct? 02 br
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00 He could have done the work but didn't. 02 br
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00 He would have done the work but he didn't have the tools. 02 br
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00 He might have done (may have been -- good too in this time setting??) but he chose to do this instead. 00 0-
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00 Is that true that we use 'could have been' or 'would have been' or 'might have been/may have been' to express certain modal notions like intention and probability in the past-time setting? Are they correct? 02 br
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00 He could have done the work but didn't. 02 br
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00 He would have done the work but he didn't have the tools. 02 br
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00 He might have done (may have been -- good too in this time setting??) but he chose to do this instead. 00 0-
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1 i 00 He 01 b 00 might/may 02 b 00 have done 01 b 00 that 02 b 00 but he chose to do 01 b 00 this 02 b 00 instead. 02 i 0-
- 1 i 00 He 01 b 00 might/may 02 b 00 have done 01 b 00 that 02 b 00 but he chose to do 01 b 00 this 02 b 00 instead.
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1 i 00 He 01 b 00 might/may 02 b 00 have done 01 b 00 that 02 b 00 but he chose to do 01 b 00 this 02 b 00 instead. 02 i 0-
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01 cite 10 Marius Hancu 12 cite 10 He 11 b 10 might/may 12 b 10 have done 11 b 10 that 12 b 10 but he chose to do 11 b 10 this 12 b 10 instead. 12 blockquote10 That particular sentence doesn't really work well with 01 i 00 may, 02 i 00 in my opinion. 02 br
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01 font 00 Is that true that we use 'could have been' or 'would have been' or 'might have been/may have been' to express certain modal notions like intention and probability in the past-time setting? 02 font 00 Yes. 02 br
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01 font 00 Is that true that we use 'could have been' or 'would have been' or 'might have been/may have been' to express certain modal notions like intention and probability in the past-time setting? 02 font 00 Yes. 02 br
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0 He could have done the work, but didn't. = He had the ability to do the work, but he didn't do the work. 02 br
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00 He would have done the work, but he didn't have the tools. = He [had the willingness / was willing] to do the work, but he didn't have the tools. 02 br
00 He might have done the work, but he chose to do this instead. = He had the opportunity to do th
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00 He would have done the work, but he didn't have the tools. = He [had the willingness / was willing] to do the work, but he didn't have the tools. 02 br
00 He might have done the work, but he chose to do this instead. = He had the opportunity to do th
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