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Seagull Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
"should have p.p." or "had to"
Hello everyone. I have a question.
Regarding the following two sentences:
(A) I should have called you last night, but I was too busy.
(B) I had to call you last night, but I was to busy.
I know that (A) is better than (B), but is (B) totally wrong?
Besides, if (B) is wrong, how about this one? --
(C) I had to call you last night, but I was too busy to do so.
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seagull I know that (A) is better than (B) No, they just have different meanings. seagull (A) I should have called you last night, but I was too busy. = It was right/proper that I call you.
- seagull I know that (A) is better than (B) No, they just have different meanings.
- seagull (A) I should have called you last night, but I was too busy.
- = It was right/proper that I call you.
- seagull (B) I had to call you last night, but I was too busy.
- = It was necessary that I call you.
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seagullI know that (A) is better than (B)
No, they just have different meanings.
seagull(A) I should have called you last night, but I was too busy.
= It was right/proper that I call you.
seagull(B) I had to call you last night, but I was too bu
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