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use of Must in present prefect tense



 
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use of Must in present prefect tense #1 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 12:02 pm   use of Must in present prefect tense
 

"From the beginnings of life the male must have realized he was physically stronger than a female."

in the above sentence i cant understand the use of must. is any body can clear it on me?

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use of Must in present prefect tense #2 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 12:07 pm   use of Must in present prefect tense
 

"In the beginning of human life, a male must have realized he was physically stronger than a female."
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use of Must in present prefect tense #3 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 12:13 pm   use of Must in present prefect tense
 

Hi,

We use must have (done) for the past.
I've lost one of my gloves. I must have dropped it somewhere.
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use of Must in present prefect tense #4 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 13:09 pm   use of Must in present prefect tense
 

It just means that that has to be what happened.

He must have found it difficult.
He had to have found it difficult.
It must be a reality that he found it difficulty.
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use of Must in present prefect tense #5 (permalink) Thu May 27, 2010 7:58 am   use of Must in present prefect tense
 

a sort of deduction but you are completely sure

i can't find my keys, i must have forgotten them at my house.
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use of Must in present prefect tense #6 (permalink) Thu May 27, 2010 8:05 am   use of Must in present prefect tense
 

Hi Ahmed,
"I can't find my keys, I must have left them at my house."
"I can;t find my keys, I must have forgotten them."

Don't combine the two as we would use 'forgotten them at'.
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