Must have been
Hello teachers,
Is this correct english?
The event has happened in the recent past so can I say this?
"He must have been on cloud nine in these 6 months. "
"Must have been" is the these correct?
Thank you.
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tostyle un "He must have been on cloud nine in these 6 months. " This sentence is possible, but "in these 6 months" is not very natural to me. : "He must have been on cloud nine over the past six months" (six months leading up to the present) "He must have been on cloud nine over those six months" (six months further back in the past) Note that "must have been" is not an ordinary present perfect tense.
- tostyle un "He must have been on cloud nine in these 6 months.
- " This sentence is possible, but "in these 6 months" is not very natural to me.
- : "He must have been on cloud nine over the past six months" (six months leading up to the present) "He must have been on cloud nine over those six months" (six months further back in the past) Note that "must have been" is not an ordinary present perfect tense.
- With "must", we do not have the full range of tenses, and "must have ~" serves for any supposition about past events, whether recent and relevant to the present, or further back in history.
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tostyle un"He must have been on cloud nine in these 6 months. "
This sentence is possible, but "in these 6 months" is not very natural to me. More natural to me would be e.g.:
"He must have been on cloud nine over the past six months" (six months leading up to the present)
"He must have been on cloud nine over those six months" (six months further
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