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BUBBA Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Which is grammatically correct: 'Should not have' or 'should have not'?

I would like to know which is grammatically correct:
1. You should not have filed that dispute.
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2. You should have not filed that dispute.
  

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Hello, Bubba—and welcome to English Forums. The first one has the correct placement of the adverb.

— Mister Micawber

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Hello, Bubba—and welcome to English Forums.

The first one has the correct placement of the adverb.
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Thanks, Micawber. I was quite unsure about that, even though I've heard, "Oh, you shouldn't have!" I'd say that, "...therefore the dispute should not have been filed," is grammatically corrected.
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Yes (but keep in mind that the word order in some contractions is different than that of the full form: Aren't you going? vs Are you not going?)
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