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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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should have
Jack: Do you think Alex is still working on the project?
Jennifer: He should have finished yesterday.
Is this conversation correct? Does 'should've' mean expectation? meaning I expect him to be done yesterday on the project? Thank you.
Jennifer: He should have finished yesterday.
Is this conversation correct? Does 'should've' mean expectation? meaning I expect him to be done yesterday on the project? Thank you.
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Anonymous Is this conversation correct? Yes. Anonymous Does 'should've' mean expectation?
- Anonymous Is this conversation correct?
- Yes.
- Anonymous Does 'should've' mean expectation?
- Yes.
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AnonymousIs this conversation correct?Yes.
AnonymousDoes 'should've' mean expectation?Yes.
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousIs this conversation correct?Yes. AnonymousDoes 'should've' mean expectation?Yes.Thank you so much, Mam. Would you mind checking this one too?
He should've been done with the project by the time I finish mine.
I know I could use just should+verb but I saw this in grammar book but I have actually never heard anyone use
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Talking about the future:
He should be done with his project by the time I finish mine. (The end of his project and the end of my project are both in the future. He should finish before I do.)
Talking about the past:
He should have been done with his project by the time I finished mine. (The end of my project is in the past. My finishing established a point of time in the p
He should be done with his project by the time I finish mine. (The end of his project and the end of my project are both in the future. He should finish before I do.)
Talking about the past:
He should have been done with his project by the time I finished mine. (The end of my project is in the past. My finishing established a point of time in the p
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