Modals in the past
Could you help me, please, with this multiple choice:
A: She didn't get my email.
B: _
A: I'm sure I did. I checked before I sent it.
_ a You might have sent it to the wrong address.
b You can't have sent it to the right address.
Is there only one possible answer (from the two) . And, what's the difference between the options?
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This is a super important English grammar point — the use of an auxiliary verb in place of a main verb. When A says, “I’m sure I did”, “did” refers back to the verb in B’s sentence. It either means “sent it to the right address” or “sent it to the wrong address”. So, Yulia, which is it?
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Юлия, вариант а). У Битлз есть такая строчка: "I should have known better with the girl like you". Здесь "должен был бы", а у Вас "мог бы", в общем, полная аналогия.
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