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Help me with this sentense

Please help me complete this sentense so that it's logical:

Last week, we must not ...
  

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[/nq] Last week, we did not..

  • [/nq] Last week, we did not..
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense so that it's logical: Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
Last week, we did not..
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The inimitable "Judy" stated one day
[nq:2]Please help me complete this sentense so that it's logical: Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
[nq:1]Last week, we did not..[/nq]
"must" cannot be translated into a form of "do" unless it is like the one below.

Last week, we did not have to . . .
or
Last week we were not supposed to . . .
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense so that it's logical: Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
When there is no form of "must" available(as is true in your sentence fragment), we use forms of "have to". So your sentence would be:

Last week, I had to (do something or other)...
Similarly, "can" is suppleted by "be able to".
Gary
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense[/nq]
Oy! (Fake spelling, right?)
[nq:1]so that it's logical:[/nq]
Oy! (Fake denotation, right?)
[nq:1]Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
The minimal addition that renders the grammar "correct" (though it may leave something to be understood from context) yields:
Last week, we must not have.
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense[/nq]
Oy! (Fake spelling, right?)
[nq:1]so that it's logical:[/nq]
Oy! (Fake denotation, right?)
[nq:1]Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
The minimal addition that renders the grammar "correct" (though it may leave something to be understood from context) yields:
Last week, we must not have.
In everyday conversation, this sentence
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense[/nq]
Oy! (Fake spelling, right?)
[nq:1]so that it's logical:[/nq]
Oy! (Fake denotation, right?)
[nq:1]Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
The minimal addition that renders the grammar "correct" (though it may leave something to be understood from context) yields:
Last week, we must not have.
In everyday conversation, this sentence
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense so that it's logical: Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
Last week, we must not forget to buy a stick of rock to take home. Last week, we must remember to buy one of James' CDs in tribute. Last week, we must not cobbel no more, i cannot reepare yore shose

John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense so that it's logical: Last week, we must not ...[/nq]
... start the time machine without checking the settings. )

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:1]Someone fake wrote[/nq]
I can easily wind up my non-natively-English-speaking wife by using that construction, eg. "I mustn't've looked properly."
Adrian
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[nq:1]Please help me complete this sentense so that it's logical: Last week, we must not ...forget, isn't very long ago.[/nq]
john

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