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Expector Smith's Blog Challenge : ...may / might / could have + a past participle

Posted by setareh on February 13, 2016

Sometimes we get used to something that we just take it for granted like health, family, friends etc.

Then we will start saying that I shouldn’t have done that, I should have behaved more wisely or I should have been more careful. In all of these sentences actually we wish that we had another opportunity to behave differently.

For instance health; have you ever been so sick that you cannot even stand up? After few days staying in bed you wish to be strong and healthy again. At that very moment you wish to go to park take a walk or run and breathe deeply.

Thinking of past I realized that it was all my fault. Had I been more considerate, I wouldn’t have damaged them. In the last few years I have been extravagant with mobile and laptop. It’s me who put them behind these glasses.

Do they like it or not? I don’t know. Now my eyes have to look at the world through glasses. Oh I should have been more careful. I hope I have learned my lesson. 

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  • Mohammad February 21, 2016 18:58

    Well done dear Setareh !

  • Mishaikh February 16, 2016 6:44

    A good hard work. Nice to read. Keep the track of good writing.

  • setareh February 16, 2016 5:08
    Dear Saba, thanks for your encouraging comment.:D
  • saba February 15, 2016 13:16

    Thanks for sharing your nice blog.

  • setareh February 14, 2016 17:34
    Dear Shoba, I am glad that it was useful for you. So many thanks for your comment.
  • setareh February 14, 2016 17:33
    Dear Expector, I should have posted the link for you, but so sorry I forgot. Many thanks for your comment. I love this structure when I see it in formal writing which they don't use if instead they write for example had I done something.
  • setareh February 14, 2016 17:29
    Dear Tam, you are right. Thanks for your comment.
  • setareh February 14, 2016 17:29
    Dear Onee, thanks for your nice comment.It's been a week that I am wearing them, but I think it will take a while to get used it.
  • Shoba February 14, 2016 11:34

    Thank you for writing this blog for us, dear Setareh.

    You taught me how to use "would have" and "should have" correctly. :) 

  • Expector Smith February 14, 2016 6:33

    Great.

    I'm glad you used 'should have' and 'would have' instead of 'may/might/could have'. 'Must have' and 'ought to have' are possible, too. 

    'Would have' is usually used in the Third Conditional, for example, 'I would have left the city if he had asked me to.' 

    'Should/ought to have' is used when something was expected to happen but didn't happen. 

    You have used 'should have' and 'would have' correctly, though. 

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