You must have liked it a lot

[nq:1]"you must have liked it a lot". Is that sentence correct?[/nq]
No you should start a sentence with a capital letter. ;-} cheers,

[nq:1]"you must have liked it a lot". Is that sentence correct? And what does it means precisely?[/nq]
In my view it's perfectly correct idiomatic (but perhaps not formal literary) UK English.

I'm a bit stuck to paraphrase it, because to me it's self explanatory. Perhaps "I would assume you were extremely fond of it".

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[nq:1]"you must have liked it a lot".[/nq]
Make that "You must have liked it a lot."
[nq:1]Is that sentence correct? And what does it means precisely?[/nq]
Yes, it is correct. The speaker (or writer) would be responding to another person who had related the story of something--the "it"--and who had seemed to like the thing or event in question. Most of the time, the speaker would be ex

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[nq:2]"you must have liked it a lot". Is that sentence correct? And what does it means precisely?[/nq]
[nq:1]In my view it's perfectly correct idiomatic (but perhaps not formal literary) UK English.[/nq]
What is another way of saying that?

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[nq:2] In my view it's perfectly correct idiomatic (but perhaps not formal literary) UK English.[/nq]
[nq:1]What is another way of saying that? "You seem to have liked it a lot" or "It seems (that) you liked it a lot" have a similar meaning.[/nq]
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"Franco": )>> "you must have liked it a lot".
Mike Stevens:

"Franco":
[nq:2]What is another way of saying that?[/nq]
He means, people in the UK would say it in everyday speech and consider it perfectly correct, but they might not use it in formal or literary writing.

I think this is also true in North America.
(That should be "mean"; when you use an auxilia

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The "must" might be confusing. It is not a command. Approximately, it is a tentative yet emphatic form of "you liked it a lot".

For "precisely", take Mark Brader's comment into account. When used in dialog a confirmation often follows.

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[nq:1]"you must have liked it a lot". Is that sentence correct?[/nq]
Yes.
[nq:1]And what does it means precisely?[/nq]
It means: I infer from what you have done or said since you saw the film that you loved it.

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[nq:2]Mike Stevens ha scritto nel messaggio ... What is another way of saying that?[/nq]
[nq:1]"You seem to have liked it a lot" or "It seems (that) you liked it a lot" have a similar ... that you have never stopped talking about it since you saw/heard it" might do. The original is easier to say.[/nq]
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[nq:2] "You seem to have liked it a lot" or "It seems (that) you liked it a lot" have a similar meaning.[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe any confusion comes from the word 'must', which implies compulsion.[/nq]
"Must" is also used when drawing conclusions., e.g. "I've just heard John has had a serious accident. Jane must be very worried."

None of the English modals has one single unabmbiguous me