(Not a Teacher)
1). "She might as well have purchased a laptop."
2). "You might as well have resigned [STRIKE]now[/STRIKE]."
We have what is sometimes called a 'modal perfect'.not a teacher
The sentences are in the present perfect tense (not past tense), aren't they?
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