Comments on: What Are Modal Verbs of Probability?

By: Amber Morris

Amber Morris — Wed, 18 May 2022 22:24:38 +0000

In reply to Циганенко Людмила Сергіївна.

Yes, how you understand this sentence is correct! “The bus should have left” can mean a couple of things:

1. You don’t know if the bus actually left yet, but based on its route schedule, the bus is probably gone.

2. You know the bus did not leave, but based on its route schedule, it already should have. You’d use “The bus should have left” in conversations when you’re trying to indicate that you don’t understand why it did not leave because it should have.

In both cases, there is an expectation that something happened (or should have happened) because it usually does.

Thanks!

Amber

By: Циганенко Людмила Сергіївна

Циганенко Людмила Сергіївна — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:42:16 +0000

Hello)
I’d be grateful if you could explain how I should understand the sentence “The bus should have left.:

Because for me it sounds either like this 1) Probably, the bus has left OR like this 2) It’s a regret that bus hasn’t left

By: Fernando j. Vilanculo.

Fernando j. Vilanculo. — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:07:29 +0000

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