You should have known better than to leave or to have left

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JACEK1

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Hello all users!
You should have known better than to have left a bike unattended.
or
You should have known better than to leave a bike unattended.
Which of them is proper and acceptable to you?
Thank you.
I understand that "You should have known better than to have left a bike unattended" is equivalent to "You ought to have known better than to have left a bike unattended".
 

Raymott

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They mean roughly the same in the context of the person having left his bike unattended, which is signaled by the "You should have known better" clause.
 

andrewg927

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Both are acceptable. I prefer the second one because the first one uses the present perfect twice (which seems unnecessary).
 
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