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I found a phrase in my textbook "She must have gone to the pharmacy" but I can't see difference between this phrase and "She must went to the pharmacy". And there is no context (only one sentence). Help me
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Help me with my question
I found a phrase in my textbook "She must have gone to the pharmacy" but I can't see difference between this phrase and "She must (have) went to the pharmacy". And there is no context (only one sentence). Help me.
Hi Egor,
In simple English… (I added "have" above in the assumption that you inadvertently left it out).
The word “went” is the past tense of the word “go.”
The word “gone” is the past participle of the word “go.”
All that means the word “gone” always needs an auxiliary verb before it (has, have, had, is, am, are, was, were, be), whereas the word “went” does not.
From there, you can now see the difference, tell which one of your sentences is correct, and why. I hope that this helps you. J.
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Modal verb + have + past participle is used when speculating about past events.
You can read more about it here: https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/modal-verb-have-past-participle
Hope this helps!
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Hi Egor, the grammar structure conveys probability, but " she must went to the pharmacy" is grammatically wrong. You need to used an infinite "without to" after "must".
Eme Manuel
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