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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Would have and should have?

I have the following sentence, but not sure whether to enter commas.

'That would have and should have been her in a few weeks time.'

I was thinking of changing it to:

'That would have, and should have, been her in a few weeks time.'

What do you think?
  

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You certainly cannot use the second, but the double modal even in the first sounds like overkill. I would re-think your expression entirely.

  • You certainly cannot use the second, but the double modal even in the first sounds like overkill.
  • I would re-think your expression entirely.
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You certainly cannot use the second, but the double modal even in the first sounds like overkill. I would re-think your expression entirely.

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