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    Default You must not have called her

    1. You must have called her.

    2. You should have called her.


    Is 1 same in meaning with 2?

    or, Is 2 grammatical and make sense?

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    Default Re: You must not have called her

    They do not mean the same thing.

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    Default Re: You must not have called her

    Quote Originally Posted by SoothingDave View Post
    They do not mean the same thing.

    Does Sentence 1 mean "I'm sure that you called her" ?

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    Default Re: You must not have called her

    Quote Originally Posted by wotcha View Post
    Does Sentence 1 mean "I'm sure that you called her" ?
    Yes. Something has led you to believe that he had indeed called her.

    #2 is expressing that he did not call.

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    Default Re: You must not have called her

    The title of the thread, "You must not have called her", is not very natural in BrE. If we are talking about the logical certainty of not calling, we normally express it as 'You can't have called her".
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    Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.


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