Would/Could have v3 for facts that happened and Should/Must have v3 for guesses
My friend answered a very difficult question correct and I suppose that he was the only person to answer this question correct, so can I say "only he would have answered that question correct" or "only he could have answered that question correct" for him?
Just after he has said the answer, can I say "only he would answer this question correct" or "only he could answer this question correct" for him as well?
Imagine that I didn't know if he answered the question correct but I just guess he answered it correct, so when I am asked if he answered the question correct, should I say "he should have answered it correct" or "he must have answered it correct" as a guess?
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Mary asked Brian where he was exactly 10 years ago today. O nly Brian could have answered that question correct ly , since none of us knew him ten years ago. Brian said, "Well, let me think.
- Mary asked Brian where he was exactly 10 years ago today.
- O nly Brian could have answered that question correct ly , since none of us knew him ten years ago.
- Brian said, "Well, let me think.
- " Brian would have answered correctly, but he couldn't remember exactly where he was exactly ten years ago.
- " Brian should have answered correctly.
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Mary asked Brian where he was exactly 10 years ago today.
Only Brian could have answered that question correctly, since none of us knew him ten years ago.
Brian said, "Well, let me think. I might have been in London at Jack's Bar and Grill where I worked for a few months as a waiter, but maybe I was in Des Moines, Iowa working as a shelf-stocker at the Walmart
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