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Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
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Should have finished/had to have finished

Can one say:

1-He has to have finished his project yesterday, or else he will be fired.
2-He should have finished his project yesteday, or else he will be fired.

I suppose this can be said in other ways, but one would have to use two sentences.
He had to finish is project yesterday. If he did not, he will be fired.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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I think it should be: He had to have the project finished yesterday, or else he would be fired. Or: He had to finish the project yesterday, or else he would be fired.

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  • I think it should be: He had to have the project finished yesterday, or else he would be fired.
  • Or: He had to finish the project yesterday, or else he would be fired.
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I think it should be:
He had to have the project finished yesterday, or else he would be fired.
Or: He had to finish the project yesterday, or else he would be fired.
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Hi! I think this would be fine-He was supposed to finish his project yesterday or else he would be fired"
Thanks!
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