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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

must have done = may have done?

0＊ Sam 01u01b00was02b02u00 sure that his wallet 01b01font00must02font00 have been02b00 found by one of the villagers.02br
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00May I ask if I can replace the "01b01font00must02font00 have been02b00" with "01b01font00may02font02b00 01b00have been02b00" or "01b01font00might02font00 have been02b00"? Like the ones below:02br
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00＊ Sam 01u01b00was02b02u00 sure that his wallet 01b01font00may02font00 have been02b00 found by one of the villagers.02br
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00＊ Sam 01u01b00was02b02u00 sure that his wallet 01b01font00might02font00 have been02b00 found by one of the villagers.02br
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00Thank you for taking your precious time answering my question.0-
  

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0Hi Viceidol02br 00There is nothing ungrammatical in using 01i 00may02i 00 or 01i 00might02i 00 instead of 01i 00must02i 00 but as you have 01i 00was 01b 00sure02b 02i 00 at the beginning of the sentence, 01i 00must02i 00 is a far better choice. 02br 00CB 0-

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  • 0Hi Viceidol02br 00There is nothing ungrammatical in using 01i 00may02i 00 or 01i 00might02i 00 instead of 01i 00must02i 00 but as you have 01i 00was 01b 00sure02b 02i 00 at the beginning of the sentence, 01i 00must02i 00 is a far better choice.
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0Hi Viceidol02br
00There is nothing ungrammatical in using 01i00may02i00 or 01i00might02i00 instead of 01i00must02i00 but as you have 01i00was 01b00sure02b02i00 at the beginning of the sentence, 01i00must02i00 is a far better choice. If you think of th
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00are you guys sure "must" is ok used that way? Does that sound good?02br
00I'm asking this because I think "must" usually becomes "had to" in the past. I don't like sentences like "When I was in high school one of my teachers told me I must write an essay about weapons". I say "had to".02br
00The verb "must have been" is ok when you are using it fro
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0 must have been: very probably it was (look in Swan)0-
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi,12br
10are you guys sure "must" is ok used that way? Does that sound good?12br
10I'm asking this because I think "must" usually becomes "had to" in the past. I don't like sentences like "When I was in high school one of my teachers told me I must write an essay about weapons". I say "had
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01cite10Viceidol12cite10May I ask if I can replace the "11b11font10must12font10 have been12b10" with "11b11font10may12font12b10 11b10have been12b10" or "11b11font
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