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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Please check out these sentences for me (modal+have done)

0Hi, I have several sentences here, all of them are using01b00 "modal+have done"02b00 structure, and they are all about "deducing earilier possibility from the past". I've made these sentences but I'm not sure if they are right.02br
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00So could you please check out these sentences and see if they are all correct for me? Thank you for taking your time answering my question.02br
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01font01b00Affirmative:02b02font00 He 01u00thought02u00 that it 01b01font00must02font00 have been02b00 Bob. 02br
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01font01b00Negative →02b02font00 He 01u00thought02u00 that it 01font01b00can't 00have been02b02font00 01b00/ 01font00couldn't02font00 have been02b00 Bob. (Which one is right?)02br
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01b01font00Affirmative:02font02b00 He 01u00thought02u00 that it 01b01font00may02font00 have been02b00 01b00/ 02b01font01b00might 00have been02b02font00 01b00/01font00 could02font00 have been02b00 Bob. (Which one is right?) 02br
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01b01font00Negative →02font02b00 He 01u00thought02u00 that it 01font01b00may not 00have been02b02font00 01b00/ 01font00might not02font00 have been02b00 01b00/ 01font00couldn't 02font00have 00been02b00 Bob. (Which one is right?) 02br
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01b01font00Affirmative:02font02b00 He 01u00thought02u00 that it 01b01font00will02font00 have been02b00 01b00/ 01font00would02font00 have been02b00 01b00/ 01font00should 02font00have been02b00 Bob. (Which one is right?) 02br
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01b01font00Negative →02font02b00 He 01u00thought02u00 that it 01font01b00will not 00have been02b02font00 01b00 / 02b01font01b00wouldn't 00have been02b02font00 01b00/01font00 shouldn't02font00 have been02b00 Bob. (Which one is right?) 0-
  

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" "Would I" suggests a speculation about a course of action. "Do I" suggests a request for advice, in a real situation. this is got from one of the posting 0-

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  • " "Would I" suggests a speculation about a course of action.
  • "Do I" suggests a request for advice, in a real situation.
  • this is got from one of the posting 0-
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0"Should I" here suggests "Am I obliged to..." "Would I" suggests a speculation about a course of action. "Do I" suggests a request for advice, in a real situation. this is got from one of the posting 0-
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