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Neversaynever Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
shouldn't have done
Hello 
,
My sentence is: I shouldn't have done that. I want to make it a question, but I cannot. I searched google to find a question sentence includes that (I tried many alternatives
), but couldn't find anything. I started to think that maybe we cannot form a question sentence from that, it seemed a bit weird too 
? Hope, I am clear. (And this situation is also valid for "must have done" or "musn't have done")
Thanks for helping me!
,My sentence is: I shouldn't have done that. I want to make it a question, but I cannot. I searched google to find a question sentence includes that (I tried many alternatives
), but couldn't find anything. I started to think that maybe we cannot form a question sentence from that, it seemed a bit weird too ? Hope, I am clear. (And this situation is also valid for "must have done" or "musn't have done")Thanks for helping me!
Top answer
Should I have done that? No, I should not have.
- Should I have done that?
- No, I should not have.
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Thanks for the quick answer
Okay, so the negative question would be "Shouldn't I have done that?"
Okay, so the negative question would be "Shouldn't I have done that?"
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Neversaynever(And this situation is also valid for "must have done" or "musn't have done")I don't really understand your question.
Do you want to know if the meaning is the same as in your "shouldn't have done" sentence?
Or do you want to know how to form questions and negative sentences with must and mustn't?
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I want to know how to form negative questions with shouldn't and mustn't.
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NeversayneverThanks for the quick answer
Okay, so the negative question would be "Shouldn't I ha
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I think I understand.
You are telling someone what steps you took to solve a problem.
You say:
First I did A. Then I did B. Then I did C.
At that point, the person's eyebrows shoot up and they look horrified. Their reaction says that C was not the right thing to do although you thought it was right at the time you did it.
"Shouldn't I have done that?" would
You are telling someone what steps you took to solve a problem.
You say:
First I did A. Then I did B. Then I did C.
At that point, the person's eyebrows shoot up and they look horrified. Their reaction says that C was not the right thing to do although you thought it was right at the time you did it.
"Shouldn't I have done that?" would
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Thank you Yankee! And thanks GG for clarification! I understand now.
Phew.. this question was on my mind formaybe
I understand now.Phew.. this question was on my mind for
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John must have done that. = It is extremely probable that John did it.
John must not have done that. = It is extremely probable that John did not do it.
A negative question would be unusual here, but if someone were to use a negative question, this would be possible:
Mustn't John / Must John not have done that? = Don't you think it's extremely
John must not have done that. = It is extremely probable that John did not do it.
A negative question would be unusual here, but if someone were to use a negative question, this would be possible:
Mustn't John / Must John not have done that? = Don't you think it's extremely
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Yankee, if you hadn't written the explanation of that "must John not have done that?", I wouldn't have understood what it means. It really is complicated.
I guess I'll go on with "John must not have done that???"
I guess I'll go on with "John must not have done that???"
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I was afraid of that, Neversaynever. 
I just wanted to make sure that you understand that 'must' would not be understood to
I just wanted to make sure that you understand that 'must' would not be understood to
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