toloue_man
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- Aug 29, 2012
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- Persian
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- Iran
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- Iran
Hello!
In this formula: Should/ought to+ have+ PP, the verb has not actually been fulfilled. For e.g. in this sentence, I should/ought to have called my nephew yesterday. It means that I did not call my nephew yesterday, but for me as a native speaker of Persian the following sentence has the
same meaning as the previous one (maybe it is negative language interference):I had to call my nephew yesterday.
To put it in a nutshell, are these two sentences the same or they differ with one another. If they are not the same, so what is the difference between them?
I should/ought to have called my nephew yesterday.
I had to call my nephew yesterday.
In this formula: Should/ought to+ have+ PP, the verb has not actually been fulfilled. For e.g. in this sentence, I should/ought to have called my nephew yesterday. It means that I did not call my nephew yesterday, but for me as a native speaker of Persian the following sentence has the
same meaning as the previous one (maybe it is negative language interference):I had to call my nephew yesterday.
To put it in a nutshell, are these two sentences the same or they differ with one another. If they are not the same, so what is the difference between them?
I should/ought to have called my nephew yesterday.
I had to call my nephew yesterday.
