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Qop Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Shouldn't have missed/wouldn't have missed

Hello, guys

Consider the following situation.
A: Are you going to the concert tonight?
B: Wait, what concert?
A: what? You don't know? The posters are everywhere. You shouldn't have missed those.

'Shouldn't have missed' those here means there is no way you didn't see those posters, right?

When will we use 'wouldn't have missed'?

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Top answer

The "shouldn't have missed" implies that the odds were that you would have seen them and may be a bit of a scolding that if you were paying attentions (you weren't) you wouldn't have missed them. The "wouldn't have missed" phrase is when you imply only the high probability of someone seeing them. So.

— Doctor D

  • The "shouldn't have missed" implies that the odds were that you would have seen them and may be a bit of a scolding that if you were paying attentions (you weren't) you wouldn't have missed them.
  • The "wouldn't have missed" phrase is when you imply only the high probability of someone seeing them.
  • So.
  • ) I wouldn't have missed them (they were so abundant that I certainly would have seen them).
  • The should implies blame; the would implies a factual situation (no judgment).
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The "shouldn't have missed" implies that the odds were that you would have seen them and may be a bit of a scolding that if you were paying attentions (you weren't) you wouldn't have missed them.

The "wouldn't have missed" phrase is when you imply only the high probability of someone seeing them.

So.
You shouldn't have missed them (what's wrong with you?)
I woul
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qopthere is no way you didn't see those posters
This is usually expressed by "couldn't have missed". That's what I would have said.

The posters were placed so you couldn't have missed them.

— Helen saw all the new paintings by Wheatly at the Glavsky Museum last week.
— She couldn't have seen them. The museum had already
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Doctor DThe "shouldn't have missed" implies that the odds were that you would have seen them and may be a bit of a scolding that if you were paying attentions (you weren't) you wouldn't have missed them.The "wouldn't have missed" phrase is when you imply only the high probability of someone seeing them.So.You shouldn't have missed them (what's wrong with you?)I wouldn't h
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CalifJim qopthere is no way you didn't see those postersThis is usually expressed by "couldn't have missed". That's what I would have said.The posters were placed so you couldn't have missed them.— Helen saw all the new paintings by Wheatly at the Glavsky Museum last week.— She couldn't have seen them. The museum had already taken down those paintings two months ago.CJ
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