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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Difference b/w could, must, might

Hello, I am from India.
My Grammar is very weak.
I am confused b/w these lines.

I might have told her/ I might have been told her.
I could have told her/ I could have been told her.
I should have told her/ I should have been told her.
I must have told her/ I must have been told her.

Please Anyone clears the difference b/t these lines.
Please help me out ...
  

Top answer

The first half of the line is gramatically correct, the second is not. "I" is the actor, the one doing the telling. " But if you use the form "have been told," the "I" is the subject, the one other people tell.

— Doctor D

  • The first half of the line is gramatically correct, the second is not.
  • "I" is the actor, the one doing the telling.
  • " But if you use the form "have been told," the "I" is the subject, the one other people tell.
  • So here is one way to correctly word the second half of the line: I might have been told by her.
  • I could have been told by her.
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The first half of the line is gramatically correct, the second is not. "I" is the actor, the one doing the telling. "I might/could/should/must have told her."
But if you use the form "have been told," the "I" is the subject, the one other people tell. So here is one way to correctly word the second half of the line:


I might have been told by her.
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AnonymousI might have told her/ I might have been told her.
I could have told her/ I could have been told her.
I should have told her/ I should have been told her.
I must have told her/ I must have been told her.
As Doctor D said, adding "been" makes the sentence passive.

The subject is the actor
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1) Can I say the second part of the lines below?

I might have told her/ THEY might have been told her.

I could have told her/ THEY could have been told her.

I should have told her/ THEY should have been told her.

I must have told her/ THEY must have been told her.

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Hi,

They might / could / should / must have been told by her.

Regards
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