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Hsinchu Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Emergency!!! "should go" or "should have gone"?
0 Help! Can anyone help me answer the following question? 02 br
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00 Henry told me he didn't know 01 i 00 ____________ 02 i 00 ? 02 br
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00 1. where he should have gone 02 br
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00 2. where he should go 02 br
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00 3. where to go 0-
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00 Henry told me he didn't know 01 i 00 ____________ 02 i 00 ? 02 br
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00 1. where he should have gone 02 br
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00 2. where he should go 02 br
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00 3. where to go 0-
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0 But, I think we should use "should have p.p." when we refer to things in the past. So is it still ok to say---- He told me he didn't know "where he should go"? 0-
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0 As GG said, all of these are correct in different contexts. 02 br
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00 Although it is happening in the past overall, what he says could still be refering to a (then) future event. For example, if I'd spoken to him last Tuesday about somewhere he needed to go on Wednesday, when he was speaking the Weds was in the future. So he didn't know 'where he should go'. 'where he shoul
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00 Although it is happening in the past overall, what he says could still be refering to a (then) future event. For example, if I'd spoken to him last Tuesday about somewhere he needed to go on Wednesday, when he was speaking the Weds was in the future. So he didn't know 'where he should go'. 'where he shoul
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