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#2 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 12:07 pm use of Must in present prefect tense |
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| "In the beginning of human life, a male must have realized he was physically stronger than a female." |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 2471 Location: Japan
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#3 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 12:13 pm use of Must in present prefect tense |
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Hi,
We use must have (done) for the past. I've lost one of my gloves. I must have dropped it somewhere. _________________ Slow but sure. |
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Geo777 I'm here quite often ;-)

Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Posts: 548 Location: Russia; skype -teokly
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#4 (permalink) Wed May 26, 2010 13:09 pm use of Must in present prefect tense |
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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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Mordant Language Coach
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 1964 Location: United States
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#5 (permalink) Thu May 27, 2010 7:58 am use of Must in present prefect tense |
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a sort of deduction but you are completely sure
i can't find my keys, i must have forgotten them at my house. _________________ "There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error....."
The qur'an 1:256 |
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Ahmeeeeeeeeeed I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Thu May 27, 2010 8:05 am use of Must in present prefect tense |
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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'. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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Joined: 08 Apr 2010 Posts: 20428 Location: UK, born and bred
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