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What are the differences between "can not V", "could not V", "can not have V-ed", & "could n...
It is too hard to understand modal verbs because different sites say different things, or maybe they say the same things but using different terms.
Here is what I think, but I am not sure I am right. …
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So, "might have been sleeping" (Modal perfect continuous) corresponds to past continuous, pr...
"Modal + have + PP" refers to the past
But it is quite ambiguous!!
What does "the past" mean?
Simple Past, Present perfect, Past perfect all refers to the past.
So the question is:
Does Modal + …
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So, "might have been sleeping" (Modal perfect continuous) corresponds to past continuous, pr...
Finally, I can find the answer in here
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When can I say "I could not have passed the test"?
I am nonnative speaker & I often ask a lot of questions that native people have never thought about.
Ok, this site says:
"Couldn't have" is used to show someone's feeling that something
in the past i …
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"should be studying" or "should have been studying" when the opportunity is lost by 50%?
Ok, for a lost opportunity, we use "should have + PP"
Ex: You have just missed the train because you woke up late. You should have gone to bed early yesterday.
But What about when the opportunity ha …
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How are "might" and "may" used in the past?
OK, we all know that epistemic modals such as may and might can be interchanged to express possibility in present & future
For example: he might be late, and he may be late are almost the same. Sour …
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