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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Hi, are both sentences idiomatic?
"You should have been at the airport one hour early tomorrow."
"You should be at the airport one hour early tomorrow."
Thanks!
"You should have been at the airport one hour early tomorrow."
"You should be at the airport one hour early tomorrow."
Thanks!
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are both sentences idiomatic? " This is incorrect. The verbs refer to the past, not to the future.
- are both sentences idiomatic?
- " This is incorrect.
- The verbs refer to the past, not to the future.
- You need to change 'tomorrow' to eg 'yesterday'.
- " This is natural and common English.
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are both sentences idiomatic?
"You should have been at the airport one hour early tomorrow." This is incorrect.
The verbs refer to the past, not to the future.
You need to change 'tomorrow' to eg 'yesterday'.
"You should be at the airport one hour ea
"You should have been at the airport one hour early tomorrow." This is incorrect.
The verbs refer to the past, not to the future.
You need to change 'tomorrow' to eg 'yesterday'.
"You should be at the airport one hour ea
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Then what does it mean if I say:
"You should have been at the airport one hour early tomorrow before the plane takes off."
"This homework should have been finished next week."
"You should have been at the airport one hour early tomorrow before the plane takes off."
"This homework should have been finished next week."
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