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Teleostomi Posted 19 years ago
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To like children the way she does, she must never have been a teacher.

To like children the way she does, she must never have been a teacher.
Hi. Could we interpret the sentence as "When I see that she likes children so much, it's unimaginable that she has been a teacher." or "In order to like children so much, she shouldn't have become a teacher. There could have been other occupations cut out for her."?
  

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The first seems right to me.
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1 She shouldn't have gone to the disco. (I don't think it was a good idea for her to go to the disco.)

2 She mustn't have gone to the disco. (Same meaning as 1)

Thanks! Do 1 and 2 have the same meaning?
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Don't mix up issues. Open a new thread (with an appropriate title) for a new issue.
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>To like children the way she does, she must never have been a teacher.

It's very probable that she has never been a teacher.
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