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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Should have drank vs. drunk, should have drove vs. driven

There seems to so many grammatical errors even among the native eng. speakers.

Could anyone give me a crear answer for the questions?

Which one is correct?

(1) I should have drank a non-alcohol cocktail. (But indeed I didnt drink a non-alcohol cocktail)

Or I should have drunk a non-alcohol cocktail.

(2) I should have drove to the work. (But I didnt)

Or I should have driven to the work.

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous There seems to so many grammatical errors even among the native eng. speakers. Could anyone give me a crear answer for the questions?

  • Anonymous There seems to so many grammatical errors even among the native eng.
  • speakers.
  • Could anyone give me a crear answer for the questions?
  • Which one is correct?
  • (1) I should have drank a non-alcohol cocktail.
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AnonymousThere seems to so many grammatical errors even among the native eng. speakers.
Could anyone give me a crear answer for the questions?

Which one is correct?
(1) I should have drank a non-alcohol cocktail. (But indeed I didnt drink a non-alcohol cocktail)
Or I should have drunk a non-alcohol cocktail.

(2) I should have drove to the w
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Thanks, CJ.

I wanted to edit my first post, but found difficulty. That's why I had to resort to posting again with the edited version.
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I believe it is should have driven beacause even in spanish you need to use the perfect form of the second word. its a compound sentence in the present perfect form in spanish as well as english. Drove is past tense (i.e I drove yesterday) whereas driven is the perfect (i.e I should have driven yesterday)
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1)

I should have drank a non-alcohol cocktail at the party.

Drunk is past( you have already done it)

I drunk a non-alcohol cocktail last night.

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I should have driven to work instead of taking the bus.

Drove is past( is has happened0

I drove my husband's car to work.

It is funny that I had the same confusion for these two wor
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Anonymous1)I should have drank a non-alcohol cocktail at the party.

Drunk is past( you have already done it)

I drunk a non-alcohol cocktail last night.
I'm sorry, but this is completely wrong!

Drank is the simple past. I drank too much last night. I drank a large Diet Coke and now my teeth are floating.

Drunk is the
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1. I should have drunk a non-alcoholic bev.

2. I should/should not have driven home.
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it is of course "I have drunk"and "I have driven". But language is an always changing entity, what is considered wrong nowadays, might become over a period of time an accepted way of speech. I hear "I have drove" more and more, it hurts my ears but add one century and it might be fully accepted while "I have drunk" by then may sound old-fashioned. If you have a problem with this, then juist read a

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