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Antonis M. Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Should have/had to/should have been?
1. We should have removed him from the group months ago.
2. We had to remove him from the group months ago.
3. He should have been removed from the group months ago.
Do the above sentences have the exact same meaning?
Top answer
No. 1. We should have removed him from the group months ago.
- No.
- 1.
- We should have removed him from the group months ago.
- But we didn't remove him.
- 2.
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No.
1. We should have removed him from the group months ago. But we didn't remove him.
2. We had to remove him from the group months ago. We did remove him. It was necessary.
3. He should have been removed from the group months ago. Unlike #1 and #2, this says nothing about us being involved.
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